巣

See also: 巢

Translingual

Han character

巣 (Kangxi radical 47, 巛+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 火田木 (FWD), four-corner 9090₄, composition ⿱⺍果)

Related characters

• 巢 (Kyūjitai form of 巣)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 531, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8696
• Dae Jaweon: page 919, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1221, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5DE3

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Unorthodox variant of 巢 (cháo) found in a moveable type copy of Biographies of Exemplary Women 《(deprecated template usage) 列女傳》. First attested in 《(deprecated template usage) 宋元以來俗字譜》, a variant forms dictionary compiled in 1930 that records unorthodox forms (俗字 (súzì)) that have existed since the Song dynasty.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 巣 – see 巢 (“nest; lair; den; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 巢).

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01147-001

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Japanese

Shinjitai	巣
Kyūjitai	巢

Kanji

巣

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 巢)

1. nest

Readings

• Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←ぜう (zeu, historical)}
• Kan-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kun: す (su, 巣, Jōyō); すくう (sukuu, 巣くう)

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Korean

Hanja

巣 • (so) (hangeul 소, revised so, McCune–Reischauer so)

1. Alternative form of 巢 (“nest”)