乂

See also 义, 父, and Appendix:Variations of "x"

Translingual

Han character

乂 (radical 4 丿+1, 2 strokes, cangjie input 大 (K), X大 (XK), four-corner 4000₀)

1. govern, control, manage
2. nurture

References

• KangXi: page 81, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 111
• Dae Jaweon: page 165, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 31, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4E42

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Cantonese

Hanzi

乂 (jyutping ngaai6, Yale ngaai6)

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Japanese

Kanji

乂

Readings

• On: がい (gai), げ (ge)
• Kun: かる (karu), おさめる (osameru), おさまる (osamaru)

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Korean

Hanja

乂
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 예 (revised: ye, McCune-Reischauer: ye)

• Name (hangeul): 벨, 징계할 (revised: bel, jinggyehal, McCune-Reischauer: pel, chinggyehal)

References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 乂

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Mandarin

Hanzi

乂 (pinyin yì (yi4), Wade-Giles i⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

乂 (nghệ)