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Translingual
Han character
爳 (Kangxi radical 87, 爪+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 月竹火弓 (BHFN), composition ⿱爲了)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 689, character 22
- Dae Jaweon: not present, would follow page 1102, character 21
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 3, page 2036, character 11
- Unihan data for U+7233
Middle Korean
Glyph origin
From the Chinese characters 爲 (“to do”, representing Middle Korean ᄒᆞ (ho-)) and 了 (“to be done”, representing Middle Korean ㄴ), both used for their semantics; but 了 may be a variant/mistake for the usual kwukyel phonetic 𰆊 (-n, abbreviation of 隱 (-n)).
Etymology
ᄒᆞ (ho-, “to do”) + ㄴ (-n, past tense marker).
Verb
爳 (hon)
- Kwukyel spelling of ᄒᆞᆫ (hon)
References