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U+518E, 冎
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-518E

[U+518D]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+518F]

Translingual

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Alternative forms

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  • The top section of the character turns left (◱) in PRC and Singapore, while it turns right (◲) elsewhere.

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 13, +4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 月弓月 (BNB), composition ⿱⿵𠃍(G) or 𭁟(TJ))

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 129, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1525
  • Dae Jaweon: page 290, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 100, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+518E

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Pictogram (象形) - a skull. This character is also the pictographic protoform of and the top component of . See also its variant and the top component of the simplified character (< ).

Definitions

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to cut flesh off from bone; lingchi; etc.”).
(This character is an ancient form of ).

Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. hollow
  2. scoop out

Readings

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  • On (unclassified): (ka) (ke)
  • Kun: わける (wakeru)

Korean

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Hanja

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(eum (gwa))

  1. tear [peel, strip, split, take] off: pare; rind; shuck; shell; hull; crack; remove; ex) ~ bone a chicken, ~clean[bone] a fish