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U+6589, 斉
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6589

CJK Unified Ideographs
U+2EEB, ⻫
CJK RADICAL J-SIMPLIFIED EVEN

CJK Radicals Supplement

Translingual

Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified

Glyph origin

Variant of .

Unrelated to , but currently classified under that radical.

Han character

(Kangxi radical 67, +4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 卜大尸中 (YKSL), composition )

Derived characters

See also

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 477, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13454
  • Dae Jaweon: page 834, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2170, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+6589

Chinese

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“even; uniform; of equal length; same; identical; etc.”).
(This character is the former (1935–1936) ROC simplified and variant form of ).
Notes:

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

(Jōyō kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. equal, match
  2. Qi

Readings

From Middle Chinese (MC dzej); compare Mandarin ():

  • Go-on: ざい (zai)
  • Kan-on: せい (sei, Jōyō)

From Middle Chinese (MC dzejH); compare Mandarin ():

From Middle Chinese (MC tsreaj); compare Mandarin (zhāi):

From Middle Chinese; compare Mandarin ():

From native Japanese roots:

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
せい
Grade: S
kan'on
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese (MC dzej).

Proper noun

(せい) (Sei

  1. (historical) a state in ancient China during the Zhou dynasty