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U+9768, 靨
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9768

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 176, +14, 23 strokes, cangjie input 一大一田中 (MKMWL), four-corner 71601, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1384, character 44
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42698
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1899, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4402, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+9768

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *qeb) : phonetic (OC *qemʔ, *qems, *qeb) + semantic (face).

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (34)
Final () (155)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter 'jiep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔiᴇp̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔiɛp̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔjæp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔiap̚/
Li
Rong
/ʔiɛp̚/
Wang
Li
/ĭɛp̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔi̯ɛp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ye
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jip3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 14432
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qeb/

Definitions

  1. (literary) dimple (of the face)

Synonyms

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. dimple

Readings

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
えくぼ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
笑窪
Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ja
(えくぼ)

(e, laugh; smile) +‎ (kubo, depression).

Pronunciation

Noun

(えくぼ) (ekuboゑくぼ (wekubo)?

  1. a dimple (skin depression, especially at corners of the mouth)
    痘痕(あばた)(えくぼ)
    abata mo ekubo
    love is blind (when in love) even pockmarks are dimples

References

  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

(yeop) (hangeul , revised yeop, McCune–Reischauer yŏp, Yale yep)

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: yếp, diệp

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