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U+5737, 圷
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5737

[U+5736]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5738]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 32, +3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 土一卜 (GMY), four-corner 41130, composition )

Further reading

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  • 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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simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

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Orthographic borrowing from Japanese (akutsu).

Etymology

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Spelling pronunciation, as (xià).

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. Used in borrowings of Japanese words.

References

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Japanese

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Glyph origin

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A 国字 (kokuji, Japanese-coined character). Ideogrammic compound (會意会意) : (ground, land, earth) + (low, lower, under) – low-lying land.

Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

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  • Kun: あくつ (akutsu, )

Etymology

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Kanji in this term
あくつ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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(あくつ) (akutsu

  1. 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.

Proper noun

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(あくつ) (Akutsu

  1. a place name
  2. a surname