卍

See also: 卐, ֍, and ֎

卍 U+534D, 卍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-534D ← 卌 [U+534C] CJK Unified Ideographs 华 → [U+534E]

Translingual

Han character

卍 (radical 24, 十+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 弓X (NX), four-corner 1221₇)

References

• KangXi: page 156, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2724
• Dae Jaweon: page 356, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 51, character 15
• Unihan data for U+534D

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		卍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wàn (wan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶
• Wu (Wiktionary): ve (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ
    • Wade–Giles: wan⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wann
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: maan⁶
    • Yale: maahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: man⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /mäːn²²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: ve (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /v̻e̞²³/

Definitions

卍

1. swastika

See also

• 卐 (wàn)

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Japanese

Kanji

卍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: もん (mon)
• Kan-on: ばん (ban)
• Kan’yō-on: まん (man)
• Kun: まんじ (manji, 卍)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
卍
まんじ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

From the on'yomi readings of 卍字 or 万字.

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) まんじ [màńjí] (Heiban – [0])
  • (Tokyo) ま​んじ [máꜜǹjì] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [mã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑi]

Alternative forms

• 卍字

Noun

卍 (hiragana まんじ, rōmaji manji)

1. swastika, especially a counterclockwise swastika
2. (cartography) indicates a Buddhist temple on maps
3. (youth slang) awesome, hype

Related terms

• 鉤 (かぎ)十 (じゅう)字 (じ) (kagijūji)
• ハーケンクロイツ (hākenkuroitsu)
• 卐

Derived terms

• 卍 (まんじ)巴 (ともえ) (manjitomoe)
• 卍 (まんじ)崩 (くず)し組 (く)み子 (こ) (manjikuzushikumiko)

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Korean

Hanja

卍 • (man) (hangeul 만, McCune–Reischauer man)

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Vietnamese

Han character

卍 (vạn)

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