See also:
U+5905, 夅
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5905

[U+5904]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5906]

Translingual

Etymology

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*kluːmʔ, *kluːms, *kromʔ, *kloːms
*kluːmʔ, *kluːms
*kʰluːms
*kr'oːms, *qʰloːms
*kruːŋs, *ɡruːŋ, *ɡloːŋ, *ɡluːŋ
*kruːŋs, *ɡruːŋ
*kruːŋs
*ɡruːŋ
*ɡruːŋ
*ɡruːŋ
*ɡ·ruːŋ
*ɡ·ruːŋ
窿 *ɡ·ruːŋ
*ɡ·ruːŋ

Pictogram (象形) – feet pointing down, descent (feet at top, legs pointing down – upside-down). Compare footprints in , and foot in , .

Han character

(radical 34, +3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 竹水手 (HEQ) or X竹水手 (XHEQ), composition)

  1. to descend
  2. to come down from heaven
  3. to send down

References

  • KangXi: page 244, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5695
  • Dae Jaweon: page 485, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 868, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+5905

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to fall; to drop; to descend; to come down; to visit; to honour with one's presence; etc.”).
(This character, , is a variant form of .)

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): こう (kō)
  • Kun: おおりる (ooriru), おおろす (oorosu), ふうる (fuuru)

Korean

Hanja

(gang) (hangeul , revised gang, McCuneReischauer kang, Yale kang)

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