圷
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Translingual
Han character
圷 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 土一卜 (GMY), four-corner 41130, composition ⿰土下)
Further reading
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 224, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4900
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 418, character 6
- Unihan data for U+5737
Chinese
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Etymology
Spelling pronunciation, as 下 (xià).
Pronunciation
Definitions
圷
- Used in borrowings of Japanese words.
Japanese
Glyph origin
A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”). Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 土 (“ground, land, earth”) + 下 (“low, lower, under”) – low-lying land.
Readings
- Kun: あくつ (akutsu, 圷)
Etymology
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| 圷 |
| あくつ Hyōgaiji |
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Noun
圷 • (akutsu)
- Literally means for a low-lying land or ground, consequently, a lower swampy field or backswamp suitable for a paddy field. But, at present, it can only be found that it is used as a place-name or its element for one with such a topographic feature, in addition, as a surname or its part named after such a place name, as a dialectal Chinese character used in Ibaraki and Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, while being one of 国字, Japanese-made Chinese characters.
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