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Translingual
Han character
亖 (Kangxi radical 7, 二+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 一一一一 (MMMM), four-corner 10101, composition ⿱二二)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 87, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 259
- Dae Jaweon: page 183, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 10, character 2
- Unihan data for U+4E96
Chinese
Glyph origin
Ideogram (指事) - four parallel lines. Quadruplication of 一. Compare 二 and 三. Firstly appeared in oracle bone script and commonly used before Qin Dynasty. It became obsolete after the standardization of writing in the Qin dynasty.
Definitions
For pronunciation and definitions of 亖 – see 四 (“four; four directions; all directions; etc.”).
(This character is an ancient form of 四). |
Japanese
Kanji
亖
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- (archaic) four
Readings
Usage notes
Non-standard variant of 四.
