圦

圦 U+5726, 圦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5726 ← 圥 [U+5725] CJK Unified Ideographs 圧 → [U+5727]

Translingual

Han character

圦 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 土人 (GO), composition ⿰土入)

1. (kokuji) water gate, spout

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 223, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4879
• Dae Jaweon: page 455, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 417, character 10
• Unihan data for U+5726

Chinese

simp. and trad.		圦

Glyph origin

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 圦.

Etymology

As 塊／块 (kuài).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuài (kuai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuài
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuài
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuai⁴
    • Yale: kwài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuay
    • Palladius: куай (kuaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faai³
    • Yale: faai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːi̯³³/

Definitions

圦

1. Used in borrowings of Japanese words.

References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 85
• https://www.zdic.net/hans/%E5%9C%A6

Japanese

Glyph origin

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

Kanji

圦

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. something underground

Readings

• Kun: いり (iri, 圦)
• Nanori: ふせ (fuse)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
圦
いり Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Clipping of 圦樋 (irihi), from 入(い)り (iri, “entering, entrance”) + 樋(ひ) (hi, “sluice gate”). Literally, “sluice gate underground (in the ground)”.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いり [ìrí] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) い​り [íꜜrì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [iɾʲi]

Noun

圦(いり) • (iri) 

1. (hydrology) underground sluice

   Synonyms: 水門 (suimon), 樋口 (higuchi)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
圦
ふせ Hyōgaiji
nanori

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝse̞]

Proper noun

圦(ふせ) • (Fuse) 

1. a surname