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Translingual
Stroke order
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Han character
旭 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 大弓日 (KNA), four-corner 46010, composition ⿺九日)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 489, character 19
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13747
- Dae Jaweon: page 851, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1485, character 4
- Unihan data for U+65ED
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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尻
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*kʰuː
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訄
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*kʰuː, *kʰu, *ɡu
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艽
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*krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw, *ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
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虓
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*qʰruː
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鳩
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*ku
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勼
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*ku
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九
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*kuʔ
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究
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*kus
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仇
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*ɡu
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鼽
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*ɡu
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犰
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*ɡu
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叴
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*ɡu
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厹
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*ɡu
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頄
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*ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
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朹
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*ɡu, *kʷrɯwʔ
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馗
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*ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
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扏
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*ɡu
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訅
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*ɡu
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釚
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*ɡu
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肍
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*ɡu
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軌
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*kʷrɯwʔ
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宄
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*kʷrɯwʔ
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氿
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*kʷrɯwʔ
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匭
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*kʷrɯwʔ
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泦
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*kuɡ
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旭
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*qʰʷoɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qʰʷoɡ) : phonetic 九 (OC *kuʔ) + semantic 日 (“sun”).
Pronunciation
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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旭
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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6967
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Phonetic component
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九
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Rime group
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屋
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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旭
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Old Chinese
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/*qʰʷoɡ/
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Definitions
旭
- rising sun
- brilliant; radiant
See also
- 日出 (rìchū, “sunrise”)
- 曉/晓 (xiǎo, “daybreak”)
Compounds
Further reading
- “旭”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “旭”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 268.
Japanese
Kanji
旭
(Jinmeiyō kanji)
- rising sun
Readings
Etymology 1
Noun
旭 • (asahi)
For pronunciation and definitions of 旭 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 旭, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Proper noun
旭 • (Asahi)
- Asahi (a city in Chiba Prefecture, Japan)
- a surname
Etymology 2
Proper noun
旭 • (Akira)
- a male given name
Korean
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)
Pronunciation
Hanja
Wikisource
旭 • (uk) (hangeul 욱, revised uk, McCune–Reischauer uk, Yale wuk)
- rising sun
- brilliance
- radiant
Vietnamese
Han character
旭: Hán Nôm readings: húc
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References