圕

圕 U+5715, 圕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5715 ← 圔 [U+5714] CJK Unified Ideographs 圖 → [U+5716]

Translingual

Han character

圕 (Kangxi radical 31, 囗+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 田中土日 (WLGA), composition ⿴囗書)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 220, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4829
• Dae Jaweon: page 452, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 724, character 11
• Unihan data for U+5715

Chinese

simp. and trad.		圕
nonstandard simp.		𱕸

Glyph origin

Coined by Chinese library science expert Du Dingyou in the early 20th century by combining the 圖／图 (tú) , 書／书 (shū) and 館／舘／馆 of 圖書館／图书馆, which can also be analysed as ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 囗 (“enclosure”) + 書 (“books”).

Etymology

Monosyllabic tuān reading by contraction of polysyllabic 圖書館／图书馆 (túshūguǎn), taking initial and final sounds, with tone from middle syllable.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuān, túshūguǎn (tuan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄢ, ㄊㄨˊ ㄕㄨ ㄍㄨㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuan
    • Wade–Giles: tʻuan¹
    • Yale: twān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuan
    • Palladius: туань (tuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯än⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: túshūguǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˊ ㄕㄨ ㄍㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: túshuguǎn
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu²-shu¹-kuan³
    • Yale: tú-shū-gwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twushugoan
    • Palladius: тушугуань (tušuguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Definitions

圕

1. (uncommon) library

Usage notes

圕 is one of the few standardized polysyllabic Chinese characters used in Mandarin, but it never gained widespread acceptance within China, where it is thought of as a Japanese kokuji, because Du coined it for a Japanese-made Chinese word '圖書館' while he was in Japan. The character was more common in Japan, where it appeared in the name of library science journal 圕(としょかん)研(けん)究(きゅう) (Toshokan Kenkyū).

Further reading

• “Polysyllabic characters in Chinese writing”, Victor Mair, Language Log, August 2, 2011
• “圕”字怎么念？什么意思？谁造的？, 2006-04-21
• “Early 21st-Century Power Struggles of Chinese Languages Teaching in US Higher Education”, page 170, 2018

Japanese

Kanji

圕

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. (obscure) library

Readings

• Kan’yō-on: しょ (sho)^{←しよ (syo, historical)}
• Kun: としょかん (toshokan, 圕)^{←としよくわん (tosyokwan, 圕, historical)}

Etymology

Kanji in this term
圕
としょかん Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
𡆥

The character was created by Chinese library sciences expert Du Dingyou (杜定友) in the early 20th century by combining the 圖 and 書 of 圖書館. See the “Usage notes” section in the Chinese entry for more.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) としょかん [tòshóꜜkàǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [to̞ɕo̞kã̠ɴ]

Noun

圕(としょかん) • (toshokan) ^{←としよくわん (tosyokwan)?}

1. (obsolete) Abbreviation of 図書館: library

   泉(いずみ)光(みつ)『圕(としょかん)の大(だい)魔(ま)術(じゅつ)師(し)』

   Izumi Mitsu “Toshokan no Daimajutsushi”

   Mitsu IZUMI, Magus of the Library (2017 manga)

Korean

Hanja in this term
圕

Etymology

See the "Etymology" section in the Japanese entry.

Noun

圕 (eumhun 도서관 서 (doseogwan seo))

1. (obsolete) Abbreviation of 圖書館: library

References

• http://db.cyberseodang.or.kr/twochar/umga/data/umga_c11c.html