靫

Translingual

Han character

靫 (Kangxi radical 177, 革+3, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿十水戈 (TJEI), composition ⿰革叉)

1. strong and pliable, resilient

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1385, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42713
• Dae Jaweon: page 1899, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4327, character 4
• Unihan data for U+976B

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		靫

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
叉	*sʰraːl, *sʰreːl
杈	*sʰraːl, *sʰraːls, *sʰreːls
靫	*sʰraːl, *sʰreːl
汊	*sʰraːls
衩	*sʰraːls, *sʰreːls
扠	*hr'eːl
釵	*sʰreːl
芆	*sʰreːl
訍	*sʰreːls

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chā, chá (cha¹, cha²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚ, ㄔㄚˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chā
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cha
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa¹
    • Yale: chā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cha
    • Palladius: ча (ča)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chá
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chá
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa²
    • Yale: chá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: char
    • Palladius: ча (ča)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

靫

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: せ (se), しゃ (sha)
• Kan-on: さい (sai), さ (sa)
• Kun: うつぼ (utsubo), ゆぎ (yugi)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
靫
うつお Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Kanji in this term
靫
うつぼ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

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Pronunciation

• Homophone: 鱓

Alternative forms

• 空穂

Noun

靫(うつぼ) • (utsubo)  (alternative reading hiragana うつお, rōmaji utsuo, historical hiragana うつほ)

1. quiver (arrow container)