桼

Translingual

Han character

桼 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木人水 (DOE), four-corner 4023₂, composition ⿱木⿱𠆢氺)

Derived characters

• 膝 漆

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 527, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14818
• Dae Jaweon: page 916, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1217, character 4
• Unihan data for U+687C

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 桼
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (桼) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
漆	*sʰiɡ
桼	*sʰiɡ
膝	*siɡ
厀	*siɡ

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 木 (“tree”) + 水 (“water”) – the resin (liquid) from a tree, used to make varnish.

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 桼 – see 漆 (“lacquer tree; varnish tree; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 漆).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 桼 – see 柒 (“seven”). (This character is an ancient form of 柒).

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Japanese

Kanji

桼

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しつ (shitsu)
• Kun: うるし (urushi)