See also:

U+4FA0, 侠
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FA0

[U+4F9F]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4FA1]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 9, 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人大廿 (OKT), composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 102, character 29
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 625
  • Dae Jaweon: page 218, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 147, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+4FA0

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“chivalrous person; knight-errant; chivalrous; gallant”).
(This character is the simplified form of ).
Notes:

Japanese

Shinjitai
(extended)

Print
standard

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. Extended shinjitai form of : tomboy; chivalry

Readings

  • Go-on: ぎょう (gyō)げふ (gefu, historical)
  • Kan-on: きょう (kyō)けふ (kefu, historical)
  • Tō-on: きゃん (kyan)きやん (kyan, historical)
  • Kun: おとこだて (otokodate, )
  • Nanori: いさむ (isamu)さとる (satoru)たもつ (tamotsu)ちか (chika)

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
きょう
Hyōgai
on'yomi

/kepu//kefu/ → */kewu//keu//kjoː/

From Middle Chinese (MC hep).

Pronunciation

Noun

(きょう) • (kyōけふ (kefu)?

  1. chivalrous spirit (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
    Synonyms: 男気 (otokogi), 俠気 (kyōki)
Derived terms
  • 侠血(きょうけつ) (kyōketsu)
  • 侠心(きょうしん) (kyōshin)
  • 侠盗(きょうとう) (kyōtō)
  • 侠婦(きょうふ) (kyōfu)
  • 武侠(ぶきょう) (bukyō)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
きゃん
Hyōgai
on'yomi

From a later borrowing of Middle Chinese (MC hep). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Noun

(きゃん) • (kyan

  1. a chivalrous person
    Synonym: 侠客 (kyōkaku)
  2. a tomboy
    Synonyms: 御侠 (o-kyan), 転婆 (tenba)
Derived terms
  • ()(きゃん) (o-kyan)

Adjective

(きゃん) • (kyan-na (adnominal (きゃん) (kyan na), adverbial (きゃん) (kyan ni))

  1. chivalrous
  2. tomboyish
    Synonyms: 御侠 (o-kyan), 転婆 (tenba)
Inflection

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN