癸
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Translingual[edit]
Han character[edit]
癸 (Kangxi radical 105, 癶+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 弓人一大 (NOMK), four-corner 12430, composition ⿱癶天)
Derived characters[edit]
References[edit]
- KangXi: page 783, character 32
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22660
- Dae Jaweon: page 1193, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2760, character 4
- Unihan data for U+7678
Chinese[edit]
trad. | 癸 | |
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simp. # | 癸 | |
alternative forms | 𫻮 |
Glyph origin[edit]
Historical forms of the character 癸 | ||||||||
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Shang | Western Zhou | Spring and Autumn | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | ||||
Bronze inscriptions | Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Bronze inscriptions | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Qin slip script | Shizhoupian script | Small seal script |
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Pictogram (象形) - Multiple uncertain interpretations.
Possibly, this was a pictograph of a four handled plow, meant to be operated by 4 people at a time. This character shows how essential and commonplace collective farming was roughly 3000 years ago. Otherwise, it is composed of two halberds (戣 kuí).
Etymology[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
Definitions[edit]
癸
- the tenth of the ten heavenly stems
- a surname.
Coordinate terms[edit]
Compounds[edit]
References[edit]
- (Min Nan) “Entry #5236”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Japanese[edit]
Kanji[edit]
- something J
- tenth of the ten Heavenly Stems
- tenth rank
Readings[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Kanji in this term |
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癸 |
き Hyōgaiji |
on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 癸 (kjwijX)
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
- something J; the tenth of the ten Heavenly Stems
Etymology 2[edit]
Kanji in this term |
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癸 |
みずのと Hyōgaiji |
kun’yomi |
水 (Mizu, “Water”, one of the Five Elements) + の (no, attributive marker) + 弟 (oto, “younger brother”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
癸 • (Mizunoto) ←みづのと (midunoto)?
- the tenth of the ten Heavenly Stems
Korean[edit]
Hanja[edit]
癸 • (gye) (hangeul 계, revised gye, McCune–Reischauer kye, Yale kyey)
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Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
癸: Hán Nôm readings: quý, quấy, quậy
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