See also:
U+518E, 冎
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-518E

[U+518D]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+518F]

Translingual

Alternative forms

  • The top section of the character turns left (◱) in PRC and Singapore, while it turns right (◲) elsewhere.

Han character

(Kangxi radical 13, 冂+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 月弓月 (BNB), composition ⿱⿵𠃍(G) or 𭁟(TJ))

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 129, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1525
  • Dae Jaweon: page 290, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 100, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+518E

Chinese

Glyph origin

Pictogram (象形) - a skull. This character is also the pictographic protoform of and the top component of . See also its variant and the top component of the simplified character (< ).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to cut flesh off from bone; lingchi; etc.”).
(This character is an ancient form of ).

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. to hollow
  2. to scoop out

Readings

  • Go-on: (ke)
  • Kan-on: (ka)
  • Kun: わける (wakeru)

Korean

Hanja

(eum (gwa))

  1. to tear off, to peel off, to strip off, to split off, to take off, to pare
  2. to rind, to shuck, to shell, to hull
  3. to crack
  4. to remove
  5. to bone (a chicken, a fish, etc.)