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Translingual
Han character
盥 (Kangxi radical 108, 皿+11, 16 strokes, cangjie input 竹難月廿 (HXBT), four-corner 77107, composition ⿱⿴𦥑水皿)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 796, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23041
- Dae Jaweon: page 1211, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2570, character 3
- Unihan data for U+76E5
Chinese
Glyph origin
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 𦥑 (“pair of hands”) + 水 (“water”) + 皿 (“vessel”) – hands holding water from a vessel.
Pronunciation
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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盥
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盥
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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No.
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4504
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4505
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Phonetic component
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盥
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盥
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Rime group
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元
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元
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Rime subdivision
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3
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3
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Corresponding MC rime
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管
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貫
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Old Chinese
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/*koːnʔ/
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/*koːns/
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Definitions
盥
- to wash (the hands or face)
- washbasin
Compounds
References
- “盥”, 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), “盥”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 81.
Japanese
Kanji
盥
(Hyōgai kanji)
Readings
Compounds
Etymology
Sound change from 手洗い (tearai).
Pronunciation
Noun
盥 • (tarai) ←たらひ (tarafi)?
- tub, basin
Derived terms
Descendants
References
Korean
Hanja
盥 • (gwan) (hangeul 관, revised gwan, McCune–Reischauer kwan, Yale kwan)
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