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Translingual
Han character
髄 (Kangxi radical 188, 骨+9, 19 strokes, cangjie input 月月卜大月 (BBYKB) or 難月月卜大 (XBBYK), composition ⿰骨迶)
- bone marrow
- essences, substances
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1450, character 32
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45240
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4416, character 6
- Unihan data for U+9AC4
Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 髄 – see 髓 (“bone marrow; pith; medulla; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 髓). |
Japanese
Kanji
髄
(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 髓)
- bone marrow
Readings
Etymology 1
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| 髓 (kyūjitai)
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From Middle Chinese 髓 (MC sjweX, “bone marrow”). First appears in the late 800s, early 900s.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
髄 • (zui)
- bone marrow
- the pith of a plant
- (figurative) the pith or essence of something, such as a skill or cultural thing
Etymology 2
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| 髓 (kyūjitai)
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Shift from zui above. First appears in the early 1700s.[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
Noun
髄 • (zun)
- (archaic, possibly obsolete) the center of something
- (archaic, possibly obsolete) something straight
- (archaic, possibly obsolete) an exact direction, an immediate area
Etymology 3
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| 髓 (kyūjitai)
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| For pronunciation and definitions of 髄 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 髄, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Etymology 4
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| 髓 (kyūjitai)
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| For pronunciation and definitions of 髄 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 髄, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN