巸

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 𦣞 (“chin”) + phonetic 巳

Han character

巸 (radical 49 己+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 尸中口山 (SLRU))

1. broad chin (archaic)

References

• KangXi: page 327, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8757
• Dae Jaweon: page 631, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 986, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5DF8

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Japanese

Kanji

巸 (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. hiroi ago: broad chin (archaic)
2. ōkii: big

Readings

• On: い (i), き (ki)
• Kun: ひろいあご (hiroi ago), おおきい (ōkii)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

巸 (pinyin juǎn (juan3), yí (yi2), Wade-Giles chüan³, i²)

Last modified on 26 October 2011, at 16:13