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丣

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See also: 卯 and 酉
丣 U+4E23, 丣
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E23
← 丢
[U+4E22]
CJK Unified Ideographs 两 →
[U+4E24]

Translingual

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Han character

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丣 (Kangxi radical 1, 一+6, 7 strokes, Cangjie input 一中中尸 (MLLS), composition ⿱一⿲匚⿰丿丨コ)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 78, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48
  • Dae Jaweon: page 157, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 21, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+4E23

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 丣
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Etymology 1

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For pronunciation and definitions of 丣 – see 酉 (“an alcoholic drink vessel; tenth of twelve earthly branches; etc.”).
(This character is an ancient form of 酉).

Etymology 2

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For pronunciation and definitions of 丣 – see 卯 (“fourth of twelve earthly branches; rabbit of Chinese zodiac; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 卯).

Japanese

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Kanji

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丣

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM.
  2. The rooster, the tenth sign of the Chinese zodiac.
Note: This is the ancient form. The modern character is 酉.

Readings

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  • Go-on: ゆ (yu)
  • Kan-on: ゆう (yū)←いう (iu, historical)
  • Kun: とり (tori, 丣)

Korean

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Hanja

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丣 (eum 유 (yu))

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