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Translingual
Han character
巣 (Kangxi radical 47, 巛+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 火田木 (FWD), four-corner 90904, composition ⿱𭕄果)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 531, character 13
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8696
- Dae Jaweon: page 919, character 23
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1221, character 1
- Unihan data for U+5DE3
Chinese
Glyph origin
Unorthodox variant of 巢 (cháo) found in a moveable type copy of Biographies of Exemplary Women 《列女傳》. First attested in 《宋元以來俗字譜》, a variant forms dictionary compiled in 1930 that records unorthodox forms (俗字 (súzì)) that have existed since the Song dynasty.
Definitions
For pronunciation and definitions of 巣 – see 巢 (“nest; lair; den; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 巢). |
References
Japanese
Kanji
巣
(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 巢)
- nest
Readings
Etymology
| Alternative spelling
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| 巢 (kyūjitai)
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| For pronunciation and definitions of 巣 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 巣, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Korean
Hanja
巣 • (so) (hangeul 소, revised so, McCune–Reischauer so)
- Alternative form of 巢 (“nest”)