渉

See also: 涉

Translingual

Han character

渉 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水卜中竹 (EYLH) or 難水卜中竹 (XEYLH), composition ⿰氵歩)

1. ford a stream

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 633, character 37
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17749
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 8 (in addendum), page 23, character 20
• Unihan data for U+6E09

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 渉 – see 涉 (“to wade; to ford; to experience; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 涉).

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Japanese

Shinjitai	渉
Kyūjitai	涉

Kanji

渉

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 涉)

1. to ford a body of water
2. to cross a body of water

Readings

• Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←ぜふ (zefu, historical)}; ちょう (chō)^{←てふ (tefu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←せふ (sefu, historical)}; ちょう (chō)^{←てふ (tefu, historical)}
• Kun: わたる (wataru, 渉る)
• Nanori: えん (en)

Compounds

Compounds

• 干渉(かんしょう) (kanshō)
• 交渉(こうしょう) (kōshō)
• 渉外(しょうがい) (shōgai)

Etymology

Nominalization of the verb 渉る (wataru, “to ford or otherwise cross a body of water”).

Proper noun

渉(わたる) • (Wataru) 

1. a male given name

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Korean

Hanja

渉 • (seop) (hangeul 섭, revised seop, McCune–Reischauer sŏp, Yale sep)

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