軈

軈 U+8EC8, 軈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8EC8 ← 軇 [U+8EC7] CJK Unified Ideographs 軉 → [U+8EC9]

Translingual

Han character

軈 (Kangxi radical 158, 身+17, 24 strokes, cangjie input 竹竹戈人心 (HHIOP), composition ⿰身應)

1. not before long
2. nearly
3. finally, at the end

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1238, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38167
• Dae Jaweon: page 1712, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 6, page 3814, character 18
• Unihan data for U+8EC8

Japanese

Glyph origin

A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Kanji

軈

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. soon after
2. presently
3. almost, all but, no more than
4. after all

Readings

• Kun: やがて (yagate, 軈て)