乹

乹 U+4E79, 乹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E79 ← 乸 [U+4E78] CJK Unified Ideographs 乺 → [U+4E7A]

Translingual

Han character

乹 (Kangxi radical 5, 乙+8, 9 strokes, cangjie input 十十山 (JJU) or X十十山 (XJJU), four-corner 4241₀, composition ⿰龺乚)

References

• KangXi: page 84, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 194
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 56, character 1
• Unihan data for U+4E79

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 乹 – see 乾 (“dry; moistureless; waterless; arid; to dry; to exhaust; etc.”). (This character, 乹, is a variant form of 乾.)

Japanese

Kanji

乹

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. drought
2. to dry; to desiccate
3. to drink up
4. heaven
5. emperor

Readings

• On (unclassified): かん (kan); けん (ken)
• Kun: かわく (kawaku, 乹く)