继

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See also: 継 and 繼
继 U+7EE7, 继
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7EE7
← 绦
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 绨 →

Translingual

Stroke order
10 strokes
Traditional 繼
Shinjitai 継
Simplified 继

Han character

继 (Kangxi radical 120, 纟+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女一女火木 (VMVFD), composition ⿰纟⿺𠃊米)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 944, character 25
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3407, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+7EE7

Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 継 (糹 → 纟). 継 is a variant of 繼.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 继 – see 繼 (“to continue; to maintain; to carry on; to follow; to inherit and carry on; to succeed; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified form of 繼).
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