浬

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See also: 里
浬 U+6D6C, 浬
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6D6C
← 浫
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 浭 →

Translingual

Han character

浬 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 水田土 (EWG), four-corner 36114, composition ⿰氵里)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 624, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17485
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1022, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1623, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+6D6C

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 浬

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Definitions

浬

  1. (dated) nautical mile
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Definitions

浬

  1. Only used in 泥浬.

Japanese

Kanji

浬

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. nautical mile (unit of distance)
  2. knot (unit of speed)

Readings

  • Go-on: り (ri)
  • Kan-on: り (ri)
  • Kun: かいり (kairi, 浬)、ノット (notto, 浬)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
浬
り
Jinmeiyō
goon

Probably from Middle Chinese 浬; however, the 浬 character does not appear in ancient texts.

Pronunciation

Noun

浬(り) • (ri) 

  1. a nautical mile: the length of roughly one minute of latitude, 1,852 meters

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
浬
かいり
Jinmeiyō
irregular
For pronunciation and definitions of 浬 – see the following entry.
【海里かいり】
a nautical mile: the length of roughly one minute of latitude, 1,852 meters
Alternative spellings
海哩, カイリ
(This term, 浬, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
浬
のっと
Jinmeiyō
irregular
For pronunciation and definitions of 浬 – see the following entry.
【ノット】
浬, 節: a knot: a nautical unit of speed, one nautical mile per hour
(programming, computing) NOT
Alternative spellings
節, ㌩
(This term, 浬, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References


Korean

Hanja

浬 • (ri>i) (hangeul 리>이, revised ri>i, McCune–Reischauer ri>i, Yale li>i)

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Vietnamese

Han character

浬: Hán Nôm readings: rí, lí

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