U+5898, 墘
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5898

[U+5897]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5899]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 32, +11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 土十十弓 (GJJN), four-corner 48117, composition )

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 238, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 478, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+5898

Chinese edit

simp. and trad.
alternative forms

Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声) : semantic (soil; earth) + phonetic .

Etymology edit

From (OC *ɡeːn) (Chen and Li, 1991).

Pronunciation edit


Definitions edit

  1. (Southern Min) -side; hem
    小溪 [Hokkien]  ―  sió-khe-kîⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  brookside
  2. (Southern Min) edge of a utensil; hem

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