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See also: 彝,
彛,
彜,
𢑴,
𢑱,
𦆩,
𢇏,
𢁔,
𧤋,
𢍵,
𢑲, and 𦄳
Translingual
Han character
彞 (Kangxi radical 58, 彐+15, 18 strokes, cangjie input 弓一火火廿 (NMFFT), composition ⿳彐⿰米糸廾)
- Yi people
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 362, character 29
- Dae Jaweon: page 681, character 11
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 962, character 18
- Unihan data for U+5F5E
Chinese
Glyph origin
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声) : phonetic 彑 (OC *krads, “head”) + semantic 米 (“rice”) + semantic 糸 (“silk”) + semantic 廾 (“two hands”) – a bird or slave with its wings or hands tied, offered for sacrifice with two hands. The bird or slave's head is represented by 彑, the body now by 米 (no connection to “rice”), the string that ties the wings or hands by 糸, and the two hands by 廾. The 彑 component is stated to be a phonetic in Shuowen.
Pronunciation
Definitions
彞
- ritual vessel in ancestral halls
- wine vessel
- rule; convention
- (～族) Yi, an ethnic group living primarily in the mountainous areas of southwest China
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
彞
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
彞 • (i) (hangeul 이, revised i, McCune–Reischauer i, Yale i)
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