雫

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雫 U+96EB, 雫
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96EB
← 雪
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 雬 →

Translingual

Han character

雫 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+3, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一月一卜 (MBMY), composition ⿱雨下)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1371, character 30
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42219
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4057, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+96EB

Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
 雫

Pronunciation

Definitions

雫

  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain.
Usage notes

Etymology 2

Glyph origin

Simplified from 霞 (叚 → 下).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 雨 (“rain”) + phonetic 下.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 雫 – see 霞 (“the light and clouds at sunrise and sunset; mist; rosy clouds; etc.”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of 霞).
Notes:

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.
 雫

Spelling pronunciation, as 下 (xià).

Glyph origin

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 雫 (shizuku).

Pronunciation

Definitions

雫

  1. a drop of water. Usually used in Japanese female names.

Japanese

See also 滴

Glyph origin

A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”). Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 雨 (“rain”) + 下 (“to drop”).[1]

Kanji

雫

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. raindrop

Readings

  • Go-on: な (na)
  • Kan-on: だ (da)、だん (dan)
  • Kun: しずく (shizuku, 雫)←しづく (siduku, 雫, historical)

Noun

Kanji in this term
雫
しずく
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

雫(しずく) • (shizuku) ←しづく (siduku)?

  1. Alternative form of 滴

Derived terms

Proper noun

雫(しずく) • (Shizuku) 

  1. a surname
  2. a female given name

References

  1. ^ “雫”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024
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