爯

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See also: 尔
爯 U+722F, 爯
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-722F
← 爮
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 爰 →

Translingual

Han character

爯 (Kangxi radical 87, 爪+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 月土月 (BGB), composition ⿱爫冉)

  1. balance

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 689, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19671
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1102, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2032, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+722F

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 爯
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Qin slip script Small seal script
b05816
b05817
b05818
s02856
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (爯) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
稱 *tʰjɯŋ, *tʰjɯŋs
爯 *tʰjɯŋ
偁 *tʰjɯŋ

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 爪 (“hand”) + 冉 (“fish”) – a hand holding a fish.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 爯 – see 稱 (“to weigh; to call; to name; etc.”).
(This character is an ancient form of 稱).

Japanese

Kanji

爯

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): しょう (shō)
  • Kun: となへ (tonahe)、あげる (ageru)

Korean

Hanja

爯 • (ching) (hangeul 칭, revised ching, McCune–Reischauer ch'ing)

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