Translingual

      Etymology

      Related to rain () - rain with both small drops and big drops

      Han character

      (radical 173 +9, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一月口口口 (MBRRR), four-corner 10662, composition口口)

      1. drops of rain
      2. to fall in drops

      References

      • KangXi: page 1376, character 30
      • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42364
      • Dae Jaweon: page 1885, character 25
      • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4070, character 11
      • Unihan data for U+971D

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      Hanja

      (hangeul 령>영, revised ryeong>yeong, McCune-Reischauer ryŏng>yŏng, Yale lyeng>yeng)

      1. 비올: viol
      2. 떨어지다: fall, drop

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      Last modified on 10 October 2012, at 15:54