丯

See also: 丰, 㓞, and 芥

丯 U+4E2F, 丯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E2F ← 丮 [U+4E2E] CJK Unified Ideographs 丰 → [U+4E30]

Translingual

Han character

丯 (Kangxi radical 2, 丨+3, 4 strokes, Cangjie input 手十 (QJ) or 難手十 (XQJ), four-corner 5000₀, composition ⿻丨彡)

Derived characters

• 㓞, 砉, 憲

Additional derived characters

• 𡕗, 𭇈, 𧒡, 𠓆, 𡘢, 𤉟, 𠪏, 𮅳, 𠂖

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 79, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 75
• Dae Jaweon: page 161, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 28, character 8
• Unihan data for U+4E2F

Chinese

simp. and trad.		丯
alternative forms		丰 corrupted form 龵

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 丯
Bronze inscriptions b06395 b06396 Transcribed ancient scripts L21189
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).

Characters in the same phonetic series (丯) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
夆	*pʰoŋ, *boŋ, *ɡaːds
丯	*kreːds
瘛	*kʰjeds, *ɡeːds, *kʰjed
觢	*ɡjeds
契	*kʰeːds, *kʰeːd, *kʰeːd, *kʰɯd
栔	*kʰeːds
禊	*ɡeːds
稧	*ɡeːds
楔	*kreːd, *sqʰeːd
葜	*kʰreːd
猰	*qreːd, *kraːd, *kʰeːd
窫	*qreːd
揳	*sqʰeːd
偰	*sqʰeːd
潔	*keːd
絜	*keːd, *ɡeːd
鍥	*keːd, *kʰeːd
挈	*kʰeːd
蛪	*kʰeːd
齧	*ŋeːd
褉	*qʰeːd
喫	*ŋ̊ʰeːɡ

Pictogram (象形) of something carved/engraved, the original form of 㓞.

According to Shuowen, pictogram (象形) of growing weed, the original form of 芥.

Similar but unrelated to 丰. The character was also used as a variant of 王, later written as 玉.

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 丯 – see 㓞 (“to engrave, carve”). (This character is an ancient form of 㓞).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 丯 – see 芥 (“mustard greens; small herbaceous plant; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 芥).

Further reading

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C00011

Japanese

Kanji

丯

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. dense

Readings

• Kan-on: かい (kai)
• Kun: さんらん (sanran, 丯)、さんらんする (sanransuru, 丯する)、しるし (shirushi)

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kɛ] ~ [ke̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [개/게]

Hanja

丯 (eumhun 산란할 개 (sallanhal gae))

1. (of growing grass) scattered, in disorder
2. (of grass) to sprout chaotically