閖

閖 U+9596, 閖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9596 ← 閕 [U+9595] CJK Unified Ideographs 閗 → [U+9597]

Translingual

Han character

閖 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+4, 12 strokes, cangjie input 日弓水 (ANE), composition ⿵門水)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1333, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41260
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 7, page 4288, character 9
• Unihan data for U+9596

Japanese

Kanji

閖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. shake while rinsing, pan for gold

Readings

• Kun: ゆる (yuru); ゆり (yuri); ゆれる (yureru)

Etymology

A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”) which was said to be coined by coined by Date Tsunamura when he was looking at the sea through the gate of Dainenji Temple in Sendai.

Proper noun

閖(ゆり) • (Yuri) 

1. Only used in 閖上 (yuriage) (A place in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan)

Further reading

• 閖上の「閖」の文字 (from official website of Natori City)