虬

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See also: 虯
虬 U+866C, 虬
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-866C
← 虫
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 虭 →

Translingual

Han character

虬 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+1, 7 strokes, cangjie input 中戈山 (LIU), composition ⿰虫乚)

  1. young dragon

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1076, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32805
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1545, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2833, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+866C

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (丩) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
艽 *krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw, *ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
芁 *kriːw
荍 *ɡiw
叫 *kiːws
訆 *kiːws
嘂 *kiːws
收 *qʰljɯw, *qʰljɯws
糾 *kɯw, *krɯwʔ
朻 *kɯw, *krɯw, *krɯwʔ
丩 *kɯw, *krɯw
赳 *krɯw, *krɯwʔ
虬 *ɡrɯw
虯 *ɡrɯw
觓 *ɡrɯw

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 虬 – see 虯 (“young dragon with horns; twisted; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified and variant form of 虯).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji

虬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. young dragon

Readings

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Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
虬
みずち
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese みづち, from 水 (mi1, “water”) +‎ つ (tu, “possessive particle”) +‎ 霊 (ti, “spirit”)

Noun

虬(みずち) • (mizuchi) ←みづち (miduti)?

  1. Alternative spelling of 蛟 (mizuchi): a mythical dragon-like beast

References

  1. ^ Shinmura, Izuru 新村出 (1991). "mizuchi みずち【蛟】". Kōjien 広辞苑 (4 ed.). Iwanami. (electronic edition). Cf. also entry for "chi" ち【霊】

Korean

Hanja

虬 • (gyu) (hangeul 규, revised gyu, McCune–Reischauer kyu, Yale kyu)

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