垳

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垳 U+57B3, 垳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-57B3
← 垲
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 垴 →

Translingual

Han character

垳 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 土竹人弓 (GHON), composition ⿰土行)

Further reading

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 228, character 29
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 440, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+57B3

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 垳

Glyph origin

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 垳 (gake).

Etymology

Spelling pronunciation, as 行 (xíng).

Pronunciation

Definitions

垳

  1. Used in borrowings of Japanese words.

References

Japanese

Glyph origin

A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”). Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 土 (“earth, soil, mud”) + 行 (“line, row”).

Kanji

垳

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

  • Kun: がけ (gake)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
垳
がけ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
 垳 on Japanese Wikipedia

Noun

垳(がけ) • (gake) 

  1. cliff

Korean

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 垳. Spelling pronunciation, following the reading of 行(행) (haeng).

Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

垳 (eumhun 일본(日本) 지명(地名) 행 (ilbon jimyeong haeng))

  1. Used in borrowings of Japanese words.

References

Wikious
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