See also:

U+4FA0, 侠
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FA0

[U+4F9F]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4FA1]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 9, +6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人大廿 (OKT), composition )

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 102, character 29
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 625
  • Dae Jaweon: page 218, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 147, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+4FA0

Chinese edit

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“chivalrous person; knight-errant; chivalrous; gallant”).
(This character is the simplified form of ).
Notes:

Japanese edit

Shinjitai
(extended)

Kyūjitai

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. Extended shinjitai form of : tomboy; chivalry

Readings edit

Compounds edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
きょう
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

/kepu//kefu/ → */kewu//keu//kjoː/

From Middle Chinese (MC hep).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(きょう) (kyōけふ (kefu)?

  1. chivalrous spirit (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
    Synonyms: 男気 (otokogi), 俠気 (kyōki)
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
きゃん
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

From a later borrowing of Middle Chinese (MC hep). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(きゃん) (kyan

  1. a chivalrous person
    Synonym: 侠客 (kyōkaku)
  2. a tomboy
    Synonyms: 御侠 (o-kyan), 転婆 (tenba)
Derived terms edit

Adjective edit

(きゃん) (kyan-na (adnominal (きゃん) (kyan na), adverbial (きゃん) (kyan ni))

  1. chivalrous
  2. tomboyish
    Synonyms: 御侠 (o-kyan), 転婆 (tenba)
Inflection edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN