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U+342C, 㐬
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-342C

[U+342B]
CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A
[U+342D]

Translingual

Han character

(radical 8, +5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 卜戈竹山 (YIHU), composition𠫓)

Derived characters

References


    Chinese

    Glyph origin

    Pictogram (象形) : a newborn baby, shown upside down. The upper portion is an inverted . The three lower lines represent amniotic fluid or hair, the latter interpretation thought almost certainly incorrect by Henshall.[1] The interpretation as fluid is supported by the comparison of and , originally variants of one another. (Note that the oracle bone form of 子 also depicted hair.)(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

    Etymology 1

    For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“wasteland, desert; uncultivated”).
    (This character, , is a variant form of .)

    Etymology 2

    For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“not; no; etc.”).
    (This character, , is a variant form of .)

    Etymology 3

    For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“a watery waste; to reach”).
    (This character, , is a variant form of .)

    Etymology 4

    For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“fringes of pearls on crowns”).
    (This character, , is a variant form of .)

    Etymology 5

    For pronunciation and definitions of – see 𠫓 (“to dash forward; to stick out; etc.”).
    (This character, , is a variant form of 𠫓.)

    Korean

    Hanja

    • (ryu)

    • Eumhun:
      • Sound (hangeul): (revised: ryu, McCuneReischauer: ryu, Yale: lyu)
      • Name (hangeul): 깃발 (revised: gitbal, McCuneReischauer: kitpal, Yale: kispal)
    1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    1. Henshall, Kenneth G. (1998). A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters (2nd ed.). Singapore: Tuttle Publishing. p. 124. →ISBN
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