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Translingual
Etymology
Simplified from 宮 (呂 → 吕) – Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 宀 + 吕: many rooms under a roof (a palace).
Note that though 宮 (with joined boxes: 呂) is the traditional form, the form 宫 (with unjoined boxes: 吕) dates to oracle script, and was used in succeeding forms as well.
Han character
宫 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 十口口 (JRR), composition ⿱宀吕)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 285, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 926, character 3
- Unihan data for U+5BAB
Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 宫 – see 宮 (“house; mansion; dwelling; palace; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified and variant form of 宮). |
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Japanese
Kanji
宫
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
宫 • (gung) (hangeul 궁, revised gung, McCune–Reischauer kung)
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