揅

揅 U+63C5, 揅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63C5 ← 揄 [U+63C4] CJK Unified Ideographs 揆 → [U+63C6]

揅 U+2F8C0, 揅 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8C0 ← 搢 [U+2F8BF] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 掩 → [U+2F8C1]

Translingual

Han character

揅 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一廿手 (MTQ), four-corner 1150₂, composition ⿱研手)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 441, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12324
• Dae Jaweon: page 791, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1910, character 5
• Unihan data for U+63C5

• Unihan data for U+2F8C0

Chinese

Characters in the same phonetic series (幵) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
笄	*kŋeː
枅	*kŋeː
蚈	*kŋeː, *ŋ̊ʰeːn
羿	*ŋeːs
栞	*ŋ̊ʰaːn
雃	*ŋaːn, *ŋ̊ʰeːn
詽	*ŋreːn, *tŋ̊ʰeːn
揅	*ŋeːn
幵	*kŋeːn
鳽	*kŋeːn, *ŋeːn, *ŋ̊ʰreːŋ, *ŋreːɡ
豣	*kŋeːn, *ŋeːns
麉	*kŋeːn, *ŋ̊ʰeːn
趼	*kŋeːnʔ, *ŋeːn, *ŋeːns
汧	*ŋ̊ʰeːn, *ŋ̊ʰeːns
岍	*ŋ̊ʰeːn
研	*ŋɡeːn, *ŋeːns
妍	*ŋeːn
訮	*hŋeːn
鈃	*ɡeːŋ

For pronunciation and definitions of 揅 – see 研 (“to grind; to rub; to sharpen; to investigate; to study; to research; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 研).

Japanese

Kanji

揅

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. grind
2. rub
3. study
4. research

Readings

• On (unclassified): けん (ken)
• Kun: みがく (migaku, 揅く)