See also:
U+53F6, 叶
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53F6

[U+53F5]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+53F7]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 30, +2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 口十 (RJ), composition )

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 174, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3255
  • Dae Jaweon: page 385, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 568, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+53F6

Chinese edit

Glyph origin edit

Ideogrammic compound (會意会意): (mouth) + (ten) – many voices in harmony. (OC *ɡjub) may also act as a phonetic component. It is an ancient variant form of (OC *ɦleːb) used since antiquity.

It was later borrowed for because (xié) and are homophones in some varieties of Northern Wu. This usage was made official in Simplified Chinese.

Etymology 1 edit

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to cooperate; to work together; to collaborate; to assist; to help; etc.”).
(This character is an ancient variant form of ).

Compounds edit

Etymology 2 edit

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“leaf; petal; era; epoch; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified and variant form of ).
Notes:

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. fulfill
  2. come true

Readings edit

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(hyeop) (hangeul , McCune–Reischauer hyŏp)

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