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See also:
U+9F97, 龗
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9F97

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 212, +17, 33 strokes, cangjie input 一月口口心 (MBRRP), composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1537, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48844
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2078, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4806, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+9F97

Chinese

simp. and trad.
alternative forms 𪚙

𩄱
𩆇
𩆈

Glyph origin

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (37)
Final () (125)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Baxter leng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/leŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/leŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɛŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lɛjŋ/
Li
Rong
/leŋ/
Wang
Li
/lieŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/lieŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
líng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ling4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 8267
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*reːŋ/

Definitions

  1. dragon
  2. Alternative form of (líng, spirit; good)

References

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. water dragon

Readings

  • Go-on: りょう (ryō)りやう (ryau, historical)
  • Kan-on: れい (rei)
  • Tō-on: りん (rin)
  • Kun: かみ (kami, )よし (yoshi, )

Etymology

Kanji in this term
おかみ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

⟨okami1 → */okamʲi//okami/

From Old Japanese.

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Pronunciation

Noun

(おかみ) (okami

  1. (Japanese mythology) a dragon kami of water (rain, snow, etc.)
    Synonym: 竜神 (ryūjin)
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 2, poem 104:
      , text here
      吾岡(わがをか)()於可美(おかみ)()(いひ)()令落(**)(ゆき)()(くだけ)()彼所尓(そこに)(ちり)家武(けむ) [Man'yōgana]
      ()(をか)おかみ()ひて()らしめし(ゆき)のくだけしそこに()りけむ [Modern spelling]
      waga oka no okami ni iite furashimeshi yuki no kudakeshi soko ni chirikemu
      (please add an English translation of this example)

Derived terms

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun (yong ryeong), word-initial (South Korea) (yong yeong))

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