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[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

(radical 33 +9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 土月中一 (GBLM), four-corner 40107) Pictographic character.

  1. jar, pot, jug, vase
  2. used as a surname

[edit] References

  • KangXi: page 243, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5657
  • Dae Jaweon: page 484, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 468, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+58FA

[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

(simplified , Yale wu4)


[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

[edit] Readings

[edit] Etymology

Cognate with  (tsubo). Likely shares its origin with  (tsubu), in expressing the idea of something round and bulging outward.

[edit] Noun

(hiragana つぼ, romaji tsubo)

  1. A container or depression:
    1. A pot or jar; a vessel or bottle.
    2. A basin, as at the base of a waterfall.
    3. A pressure point in acupressure or acupuncture.
  2. The core or heart of an issue.

[edit] Usage notes

In acupuncture and acupressure contexts, this word is most often spelled either in hiragana as つぼ or in katakana as ツボ.


[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

(hangeul , revised ho, McCune-Reischauer ho)


[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

(simplified , pinyin (hu2), yīn (yin1), Wade-Giles hu2, yin1)


[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

(hồ)

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