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Translingual
Han character
晷 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 日竹人口 (AHOR) or 日竹卜口 (AHYR), four-corner 60604, composition ⿱日咎)
- shadows of the sun
- time
- sundial
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 497, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14005
- Dae Jaweon: page 863, character 18
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1519, character 15
- Unihan data for U+6677
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 咎
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*kɯːw, *ɡɯwʔ
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| 鼛
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*kɯːw
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| 櫜
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*kɯːw
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| 倃
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*kɯːw, *ɡɯwʔ
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| 綹
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*ɡ·rɯwʔ
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| 麔
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*ɡɯwʔ
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| 晷
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*kʷrɯwʔ
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| 厬
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*kʷrɯwʔ
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Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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晷
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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6991
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Phonetic
component
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咎
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Rime
group
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幽
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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軌
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʷrɯwʔ/
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Definitions
晷
- (literary) shadow cast by the sun's light
- (literary) time
- sundial; gnomon
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
晷
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
晷 (eum 귀 (gwi))
- sundial, sun's shadow
Vietnamese
Han character
晷: Hán Nôm readings: quỹ
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References