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Translingual
Han character
渚 (Kangxi radical 85, 水 +8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水十大日 (EJKA ), four-corner 34160 , composition ⿰氵 者 )
small sand bank , islet
Derived characters
𠹲 , 𪦜 , 𢵻 , 𣚫 , 𬛒 , 𥢳 , 𧸓 , 𬩅 , 𤁛 , 𡪦 , 𪱅 , 𠤆 , 𣜾 , 𡤊 , 𦼥 , 𮆑 , 𩅻 , 𪳼
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 633 , character 41
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17758
Dae Jaweon: page 1040, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1640, character 4
Unihan data for U+6E1A
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
觰
*rtaːʔ, *rtaː
諸
*tjaː, *tja
者
*tjaːʔ
堵
*tjaːʔ, *taːʔ
赭
*tjaːʔ
撦
*l̥ʰjaːʔ
扯
*tʰjaːʔ
闍
*djaː, *taː
奢
*hljaː
鍺
*toːlʔ
都
*taː
醏
*taː
覩
*taːʔ
睹
*taːʔ
暏
*taːʔ
賭
*taːʔ
帾
*taːʔ
楮
*taːʔ, *tʰaʔ
屠
*daː, *da
瘏
*daː
廜
*daː
鷵
*daː
緒
*ljaʔ
豬
*ta
猪
*ta
瀦
*ta
藸
*ta, *da
櫫
*ta
褚
*taʔ, *tʰaʔ
著
*taʔ, *tas, *da, *taɡ, *daɡ
箸
*tas, *das
儲
*da
躇
*da
櫧
*tja
藷
*tja, *djas
蠩
*tja
煮
*tjaʔ
渚
*tjaʔ
煑
*tjaʔ
陼
*tjaʔ
翥
*tjas
署
*djas
薯
*djas
曙
*djas
書
*hlja
暑
*hjaʔ
鐯
*taɡ
擆
*taɡ
櫡
*taɡ
Pronunciation
Definitions
渚
islet ; small landmass in water
waterside ; beach
Compounds
Japanese
Shinjitai
渚
Kyūjitai [ 1]
渚 渚
or渚 +︀
?
渚󠄀 渚 +󠄀
? (Adobe-Japan1 )
渚󠄃 渚 +󠄃
? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji
渚
(Jinmeiyō kanji , shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 渚 )
strand , beach , shore
Readings
Compounds
Usage notes
Used in the Man'yōshū (c. 759 CE ) as 借音 ( shakuon ) kana for ⟨su⟩ .
Etymology 1
Alternative spellings
渚 ( kyūjitai ) 汀
⟨naɡi1 sa⟩ → */naɡʲisa/ → /naɡisa/
From Old Japanese .[ 2]
Possibly a compound of 凪ぎ ( nagi , “ calming , dying down” , the 連用形 ( ren'yōkei , “ continuative or stem form ” ) of verb 凪ぐ ( nagu , “ to calm down , to die down ” , as of waves or wind ) , cognate with 和やか ( nagoyaka , “ calm , quiet ” ) ) + 磯 ( sa , “ rocky shore , pebble beach ” ) , where sa is an ancient alternative for so , the abbreviated combining reading of modern 磯 ( iso ) , cognate with 石 ( ishi , “ rock , stone ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
渚( なぎさ ) • (nagisa )
the water 's edge :
beach
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都乃久尓乃( つのくにの ) 宇美能( うみの ) 奈伎佐( なぎさ ) 尓( に ) 布奈餘曽比( ふなよそひ ) 多志埿毛等伎尓( たしでもときに ) 阿母我米母我母( あもがめもがも ) [Man'yōgana ] 津( つ ) の国( くに ) の海( うみ ) の渚( なぎさ ) に船装( ふなよそ ) ひ立( た ) し出( で ) も時( とき ) に母( あも ) が目( め ) もがも [Modern spelling] Tsu-no-kuni no umi no nagisa ni funayosoi tashide mo toki ni amo ga me mo ga mo (please add an English translation of this example)
shore
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大( おほ ) 御( み ) 舟( ふね ) 竟( はて ) 而( て ) 佐( さ ) 守布( もらふ ) 高嶋( たかしま ) 之( の ) 三( み ) 尾( をの ) 勝( か* ) 野之( のの ) 奈伎左( なぎさ ) 思( し ) 所念( おもほゆ ) [Man'yōgana ] 大( おほ ) 御( み ) 船( ふね ) 泊( は ) ててさもらふ高島( たかしま ) の三尾( みを ) の勝( かち ) 野( の ) の渚( なぎさ ) し思( おも ) ほゆ [Modern spelling] ōmifune hatete samorau Takashima-no-mio no Kachino-no-nagisa shi omōyu (please add an English translation of this example)
1235 , Shinchokusen Wakashū (book 8, poem 525; also Hyakunin Isshu , poem 93)
世( よ ) の中( なか ) はつね にもがも な渚( なぎさ ) こぐ あま の小( を ) 舟( ぶね ) の綱( つな ) 手( で ) かなしもyo-no-naka wa tsune ni mo ga mo na nagisa kogu ama no obune no tsunade kanashi mo May the world be ever like this: a fisherman's skiff rowed along the shore , pulled with a rope, is truly sad.[ 4]
bank ( as of a river or stream )
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昔者( いにしへ ) 之( の ) 舊堤( ふるきつつみ ) 者( は ) 年( とし ) 深( ふかみ ) 池( いけ ) 之( の ) 瀲( なぎさ ) 尓( に ) 水( み ) 草( くさ ) 生( おひに ) 家里( けり ) [Man'yōgana ] いにしへ の古( ふる ) き堤( つつみ ) は年( とし ) 深( ふか ) み池( いけ ) の渚( なぎさ ) に水( み ) 草( くさ ) 生( お ) ひ にけり [Modern spelling] inishie no furuki tsutsumi wa toshi fukami ike no nagisa ni mikusa oi-ni-keri The old embankment, relic of a vanished past: the deepening years along the margin of the pond lie buried in the tangled reeds.[ 5]
Synonyms
Derived terms
Proper noun
渚( なぎさ ) • (Nagisa )
a place name
a surname
a male or female given name
Etymology 2
Alternative spellings
渚 ( kyūjitai ) 汀 水際
⟨mi1 ki1 pa⟩ → */mʲiɡʲipa/ → /miɡifa/ → /miɡiwa/
Compound of 水 ( mi , “ water ” , combining form ) + 際 ( kiwa , “ edge , boundary ” ) .[ 2] [ 3] [ 6] The kiwa changes to giwa as an instance of rendaku (連濁 ).
Pronunciation
Noun
渚( みぎわ ) • (migiwa ) ←みぎは ( migifa ) ?
the water 's edge :
beach
shore
bank ( as of a river or stream )
Derived terms
Proper noun
渚( みぎわ ) • (Migiwa ) ←みぎは ( Migifa ) ?
a female given name
References
^ “渚 ”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia ] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation , 2015–2024
↑ 2.0 2.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988 ) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition) ] (in Japanese), Tōkyō : Shogakukan , →ISBN
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira , editor (2006 ), 大辞林 [Daijirin ] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo : Sanseidō , →ISBN
^ Matsuo Bashō, Hiroaki Sato (2013 ) Bashō's Narrow Road: Spring and Autumn Passages (Rock Spring Collection of Japanese Literature), Stone Bridge Press, Inc., →ISBN
^ Edwin A. Cranston (1998 ) The Gem-Glistening Cup , illustrated edition, Stanford University Press, →ISBN , page 306
^ Matsumura, Akira (1995 ) 大辞泉 [Daijisen ] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo : Shogakukan , →ISBN
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 渚 (MC tsyoX ). Recorded as Middle Korean 져〯 ( cyě ) (Yale : cyě ) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회 ), 1527.
Pronunciation
Hanja
Wikisource
渚 (eumhun 물가 저 ( mulga jeo ) )
hanja form? of 저 ( “ shore ” )
References
국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典 .
Vietnamese
Han character
渚 : Hán Nôm readings: chã
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