尰

尰 (Kangxi radical 43, 尢+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 大山竹十土 (KUHJG), four-corner 4201₁, composition ⿺尢重)

1. swell
2. swelling of the legs

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 299, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7594
• Dae Jaweon: page 954, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 555, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5C30

尰

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• “尰”, 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–

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. swelling

• Go-on: じゅ (ju)^{←じゆ (zyu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←しよう (syou, historical)}
• Kun: おめあし (omeashi)、こい (koi)^{←こひ (kofi, historical)}

Compound of おめ (ome, of unknown meaning) +‎ 足, 脚 (ashi, “foot, leg”).^[1]

First appears in the 和名類聚抄 (Wamyō Ruijushō) of roughly 934 CE, with the later sense appearing in 1793.^[1]

• IPA^(key):

尰(おめあし) • (omeashi) 

1. (archaic, possibly obsolete) a kind of beriberi (vitamin B deficiency) causing swelling of the lower leg

   Synonyms: 尰 (koi), 尰足 (koiashi), 尰脛 (koizune)

2. (archaic, possibly obsolete) a predicament

/kofi/ → /kowi/ → /koi/

Unknown, a surface analysis suggests that this is the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of a verb *kofu (“to swell”), but no such word seems to exist.

Appears in the 和名類聚抄 (Wamyō Ruijushō) of roughly 934 CE.^[1][2]

• IPA^(key):

尰(こい) • (koi) ^{←こひ (kofi)?}

1. (archaic, possibly obsolete) a kind of beriberi (vitamin B deficiency) causing swelling of the lower leg

   Synonyms: 尰 (omeashi), 尰足 (koiashi), 尰脛 (koizune)

   • c. 974, Fujiwara no Michitsuna no Haha, Kagerō Nikki

     ...木(き)を製(つく)りたる男(をとこ)の片(かた)足(あし)にこゐつきたるに...

     ...ki o tsukuritaru otoko no kataashi ni koi tsukitaru ni...

     (please add an English translation of this example)

• 尰(こい)足(あし) (koiashi)
• 尰(こい)脛(ずね) (koizune)

• 脚(かっ)気(け) (kakke, “beriberi”)