U+55BF, 喿
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55BF

[U+55BE]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+55C0]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 30, +10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口口口木 (RRRD) or 難口口口木 (XRRRD), four-corner 60904, composition )

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 201, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4029
  • Dae Jaweon: page 424, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 667, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+55BF

Chinese edit

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character
Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
       

Ideogrammic compound (會意会意) : (three mouths) + (tree) – chirping of birds in a tree. Original form of .

Etymology 1 edit

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to chirp; to cry; to clamor; to make an uproar; to make a racket”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Etymology 2 edit

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“shovel; spade”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. chirping of birds

Readings edit

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(so) (hangeul , revised so, McCune–Reischauer so)

  1. chirping of birds