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U+4E2F, 丯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E2F

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 2, +3, 4 strokes, cangjie input 手十 (QJ) or 難手十 (XQJ), four-corner 50000, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 79, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 75
  • Dae Jaweon: page 161, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 28, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+4E2F

Chinese

simp. and trad.
alternative forms corrupted form

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character


References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (33)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter keajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠɛiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚæiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɐiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kəɨjH/
Li
Rong
/kɛiH/
Wang
Li
/kɐiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kăiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiè
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gaai3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 6490
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kreːds/
Notes

Definitions

  1. Original form of (qià) or ().
  2. a variant of 玉.
  3. weed

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. dense

Readings

  • Kan-on: かい (kai)
  • Kun: さんらん (sanran, )さんらんする (sanransuru, 丯する)