囦

囦 U+56E6, 囦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56E6 ← 囥 [U+56E5] CJK Unified Ideographs 囧 → [U+56E7]

Translingual

Han character

囦 (Kangxi radical 31, 囗+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 田水 (WE), composition ⿴囗水)

1. (archaic form of 淵) gulf, abyss, deep
2. surge up, bubble up, gush forth

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 217, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4706
• Dae Jaweon: page 444, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 715, character 3
• Unihan data for U+56E6

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 囦
Shang
Oracle bone script

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

	Old Chinese
婣	*qin
鼘	*qrin, *qʷiːn
囦	*qʷiːn
淵	*qʷiːn
裫	*qʷiːns
奫	*qʷrin

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 囦 – see 淵 (“abyss; deep water; deep; profound; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 淵).

Japanese

Kanji

囦

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. edge

Readings

• Go-on: えん (en)^{←ゑん (wen, historical)}
• Kan-on: えん (en)^{←ゑん (wen, historical)}
• Kun: ふち (fuchi, 囦)

Korean

Hanja

囦 • (yeon) (hangeul 연, revised yeon, McCune–Reischauer yŏn, Yale yen)

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