U+555A, 啚
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-555A

[U+5559]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+555B]

Translingual

Alternative forms

Note that the component in this character is written 口十回 (China, Vietnam), 口亠回 (Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Korea). The Kangxi dictionary form of this character resembles the form used in Japan and Korea, as the component is written similar to but with a shorter upward stroke in the Kangxi dictionary.

Han character

(radical 30, +8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 口十田口 (RJWR) or 口卜田口 (RYWR), composition(GV) or ⿱(TJK))

Derived characters

References

  • KangXi: page 196, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3829
  • Dae Jaweon: page 417, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 638, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+555A

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*prɯʔ, *daː
*daː

Ideogrammic compound (會意) :  +  (receive)

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“countrified; mean; ignoble; etc.”).
(This character, , is a variant form of .)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“diagram; plot; chart; map; picture; etc.”).
(This character, , is a variant form of .)

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. stingy

Readings

  • On (unclassified): (hi), (to)
  • Kun: おしむ (oshimu)

Korean

Hanja

(bi) (hangeul , revised bi, McCuneReischauer pi)

  1. low, mean
  2. cheap

Vietnamese

Han character

(bở, bẽ)

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