井
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Translingual[edit]
Han character[edit]
井 (Kangxi radical 7, 二+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 廿廿 (TT), four-corner 55000, composition ⿻一廾)
Derived characters[edit]
- 㘫, 妌, 𪪁, 汫, 阱, 𪰉, 肼, 㐩, 𭾠, 畊, 𮈃, 𬙍, 耕, 䎴, 𬟷, 𮗻, 𬪦, 㓝, 刱, 𫡳, 𫎁, 宑, 𬜣, 𬼾, 𭾞, 穽, 𬆓, 䨍, 坓, 汬, 丼, 𬑽, 囲
- 进, 讲 (Simplified from 進 and 講)
Descendants[edit]
- ヰ (Katakana character derived from Man'yōgana)
References[edit]
- KangXi: page 86, character 14
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 258
- Dae Jaweon: page 183, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 10, character 4
- Unihan data for U+4E95
Chinese[edit]
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Glyph origin[edit]
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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Pictogram (象形) – a square well, with supports on four sides.
Some forms have a stone inside the well, as in 丼.
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Definitions[edit]
井
- well (a hole sunk into the ground) (Classifier: 口; 眼)
- well-shaped object; mineshaft, pit
- hometown
- neat; tidy
- 48th hexagram of the I Ching
- a surname
Synonyms[edit]
Compounds[edit]
Derived terms from 井
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Etymology 2[edit]
| For pronunciation and definitions of 井 – see 阱 (“pitfall, trap”). (This character, 井, is the second-round simplified form of 阱.) |
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Japanese[edit]
Kanji[edit]
井
Readings[edit]
- Go-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō †)←しやう (syau, historical)
- Kan-on: せい (sei, Jōyō)
- Kun: い (i, 井, Jōyō)←ゐ (wi, 井, historical); いど (ido, 井)←ゐど (wido, 井, historical)
Compounds[edit]
Compounds
Etymology 1[edit]
| Kanji in this term |
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| 井 |
| い Grade: 4 |
| kun’yomi |
wi > i.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- well (water source)
Derived terms[edit]
- 井の中の蛙大海を知らず (i no naka no kawazu taikai o shirazu): metaphor of a narrow world view based on limited experience (literally, "a frog in a well does not know the great ocean")
Proper noun[edit]
- a surname
Etymology 2[edit]
| Kanji in this term |
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| 井 |
| せい Grade: 4 |
| on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 井 (tsjengX).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
References[edit]
Korean[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Chinese 井 (MC t͡siᴇŋX). Recorded as Middle Korean 져ᇰ〯 (cyěng) (Yale: cyeng) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja[edit]
Compounds[edit]
References[edit]
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]
Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
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