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See also:
U+984B, 顋
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-984B

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 181, +9, 18 strokes, cangjie input 田心一月金 (WPMBC), four-corner 61386, composition )

Further reading

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1406, character 30
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43576
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1924, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4382, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+984B

Chinese

Glyph origin

Original form of .

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“cheek; lower part of face; jaw; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

References

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: さい (sai)
  • Kan-on: さい (sai)
  • Kun: あご (ago)えら (era)

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
えら
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
えらエラ
gill (breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals)
Alternative spellings
,
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese (MC soj). Recorded as Middle Korean (suy) (Yale: suy) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun (ppyam si))

  1. hanja form? of (cheek)
  2. hanja form? of (gill, branchia)
Compounds

Etymology 2

Original reading of Middle Chinese (MC soj). Compare the homophone (MC soj), which has the reading (sae) in modern Korean.

Hanja

(eum (sae))

  1. (uncommon) hanja form? of (cheek)
  2. (uncommon) hanja form? of (gill, branchia)
Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Han character

: Hán Việt readings: tai ((tang)(tài)(thiết))[1][2]
: Nôm readings: tai[3][4]

  1. chữ Hán form of tai (cheek).

References