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Translingual
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Han character
渉 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水卜中竹 (EYLH) or 難水卜中竹 (XEYLH), composition ⿰氵歩)
- ford a stream
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 633, character 37
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17749
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 8 (in addendum), page 23, character 20
- Unihan data for U+6E09
Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 渉 – see 涉 (“to wade; to ford; to experience; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 涉). |
Japanese
Kanji
渉
(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 涉)
- to ford a body of water
- to cross a body of water
Readings
Compounds
Etymology
Nominalization of the verb 渉る (wataru, “to ford or otherwise cross a body of water”).
Proper noun
渉 • (Wataru)
- a male given name
Korean
Hanja
渉 • (seop) (hangeul 섭, revised seop, McCune–Reischauer sŏp, Yale sep)
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