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Translingual
Han character
触 (Kangxi radical 148, 角+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 弓月中一戈 (NBLMI), four-corner 25236, composition ⿰角虫)
Related characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1143, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35070
- Dae Jaweon: page 1609, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3924, character 5
- Unihan data for U+89E6
Chinese
Etymology 1
Glyph origin
Unorthodox variant simplified from 觸 (蜀 → 虫) found in the Ming dynasty orthographic dictionary 《字學三正》. Also found in 《宋元以來俗字譜》, a variant forms dictionary compiled in 1930.
Eventually adopted as an official simplified character by the People's Republic of China in the 1956 Chinese Character Simplification Scheme.
Definitions
For pronunciation and definitions of 触 – see 觸 (“to touch; to come in contact with; to butt; to ram; to gore; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified and variant form of 觸). |
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References
Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03780-009#33
Etymology 2
Glyph origin
Found in the historical Kangxi dictionary published during the Qing dynasty and cited from 《古今注》, a narrative work on ancient China written by 崔豹 during the Western Jin period (265–316 AD).
The scholars who compiled the Kangxi dictionary may have confused this character with 𩶥 which is visually similar.
Pronunciation
Definitions
触
- ‡ white fish with red tail See also: 魧
- ‡ type of fish that is male
References
Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C12953
Japanese
Kanji
触
(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 觸)
- to touch; to contact
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
触 • (chok) (hangeul 촉, revised chok, McCune–Reischauer ch'ok, Yale chok)
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Vietnamese
Han character
触: Hán Nôm readings: xúc
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References