圕

圕 U+5715, 圕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5715 ← 圔 [U+5714] CJK Unified Ideographs 圖 → [U+5716]

Translingual

Han character

圕 (Kangxi radical 31, 囗+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 田中土日 (WLGA), composition ⿴囗書)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 220, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4829
• Dae Jaweon: page 452, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 724, character 11
• Unihan data for U+5715

Chinese

simp. and trad.		圕
nonstandard simp.		𱕸

Glyph origin

Coined by Chinese library science expert Du Dingyou in the early 20th century by combining the 圖／图 (tú) , 書／书 (shū) and 館／舘／馆 of 圖書館／图书馆 (túshūguǎn), which can also be analysed as ideogrammic compound (會意／会意): 囗 (“enclosure”) + 書 (“books”).

Etymology

Monosyllabic tuān reading by contraction of polysyllabic 圖書館／图书馆 (túshūguǎn), taking initial and final sounds, with tone from middle syllable.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuān, túshūguǎn (tuan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄢ, ㄊㄨˊ ㄕㄨ ㄍㄨㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuan
    • Wade–Giles: tʻuan¹
    • Yale: twān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuan
    • Palladius: туань (tuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯än⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: túshūguǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˊ ㄕㄨ ㄍㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: túshuguǎn
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu²-shu¹-kuan³
    • Yale: tú-shū-gwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twushugoan
    • Palladius: тушугуань (tušuguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Definitions

圕

1. (uncommon) library

Usage notes

圕 is one of the few standardized polysyllabic Chinese characters used in Mandarin, but it never gained widespread acceptance within China, where it is thought of as a Japanese kokuji. The character was more common in Japan, where it appeared in the name of library science journal 圕(としょかん)研(けん)究(きゅう) (Toshokan Kenkyū).

Further reading

• “Polysyllabic characters in Chinese writing”, Victor Mair, Language Log, August 2, 2011
• “圕”字怎么念？什么意思？谁造的？, 2006-04-21
• “Early 21st-Century Power Struggles of Chinese Languages Teaching in US Higher Education”, page 170, 2018

Japanese

Kanji

圕

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. (obscure) library

Readings

• Kan’yō-on: しょ (sho)^{←しよ (syo, historical)}
• Kun: としょかん (toshokan, 圕)^{←としよくわん (tosyokwan, 圕, historical)}

Etymology

Kanji in this term
圕
としょかん Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
𡆥

The character was created by Chinese library sciences expert Du Dingyou (杜定友) in the early 20th century by combining the 圖 and 書 of 圖書館. See the “Usage notes” section in the Chinese entry for more.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) としょ​かん [tòshóꜜkàǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [to̞ɕo̞kã̠ɴ]

Noun

圕(としょかん) • (toshokan) ^{←としよくわん (tosyokwan)?}

1. (obsolete) Abbreviation of 図書館: library

   泉(いずみ)光(みつ)『圕(としょかん)の大(だい)魔(ま)術(じゅつ)師(し)』

   Izumi Mitsu “Toshokan no Daimajutsushi”

   Mitsu IZUMI, Magus of the Library (2017 manga)

Korean

Hanja in this term
圕

Etymology

See the "Etymology" section in the Japanese entry.

Noun

圕 (eumhun 도서관 서 (doseogwan seo))

1. (obsolete) Abbreviation of 圖書館: library

References

• http://db.cyberseodang.or.kr/twochar/umga/data/umga_c11c.html