皈

See also: 歸 and 𦤇

皈 U+7688, 皈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7688 ← 皇 [U+7687] CJK Unified Ideographs 皉 → [U+7689]

Translingual

Han character

皈 (Kangxi radical 106, 白+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹日竹水 (HAHE), four-corner 2164₇ or 2264₇, composition ⿰白反)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 787, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22705
• Dae Jaweon: page 1202, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2647, character 7
• Unihan data for U+7688

Chinese

trad.		皈
simp. #		皈

Glyph origin

Considered a 後起字／后起字 (hòuqǐzì). Originally 𦤇, which is an ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 自 (“self”) + 反 (“to return; to move back”). Later 自 was corrupted into 白.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 皈 – see 歸 (“to return; to come back to; to return to; to revert to; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 歸).

Usage notes

Usually written as 皈 in Buddhist terms.

Compounds

• 三皈 (sānguī)
• 皈依 (guīyī)
• 皈正
• 皈身

 

Japanese

Kanji

皈

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. Alternative form of 帰

Readings

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• Go-on: き (ki)^{←き (ki, historical)←くゐ (kwi, ancient)}; け (ke)^{←け (ke, historical)←くゑ (kwe, ancient)}
• Kan-on: き (ki)^{←き (ki, historical)←くゐ (kwi, ancient)}
• Kun: おくる (okuru, 皈る); かえる (kaeru, 皈る)^{←かへる (kaferu, 皈る, historical)}; かえす (kaesu, 皈す)^{←かへす (kafesu, 皈す, historical)}; とつぐ (totsugu, 皈ぐ)