厠

See also: 厕 and 廁

厠 U+53A0, 厠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53A0 ← 原 [U+539F] CJK Unified Ideographs 厡 → [U+53A1]

Translingual

Han character

厠 (Kangxi radical 27, 厂+9, 11 strokes, Cangjie input 一月金弓 (MBCN), composition ⿸厂則)

1. mingle with
2. toilet, lavatory

Derived characters

• 𬈦

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 162, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2981
• Dae Jaweon: page 370, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 75, character 12
• Unihan data for U+53A0

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 厠 – see 廁 (“toilet; lavatory; to mingle with; to participate in; etc.”). (This character is a variant traditional form of 廁).

Japanese

Kanji

厠

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

• On (unclassified): し (shi)
• Kun: かわや (kawaya, 厠)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
厠
かわや Hyōgai (ateji)
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
圊 溷 廁

Generally thought to be a compound of 川(かわ) (kawa, “river”) + 屋(や) (ya, “house, building”), referring to a small building erected near or over a stream, used as a toilet. The kanji is ateji (当(あ)て字(じ)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠β̞a̠ja̠]
• (Tokyo) かわや [kàwáyá] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

厠(かわや) • (kawaya) ^{←かはや (kafaya)?}

1. a place used for excreting human waste; toilet

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:トイレ

Derived terms

• おかわ (okawa)
• 厠(かわや)の神(かみ) (kawaya no kami)
• 御厠人(みかわやうど) (mikawayaudo)

Korean

Hanja

厠 • (cheuk) (hangeul 측, revised cheuk, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŭk)

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