See also:
U+518F, 冏
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-518F

[U+518E]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5190]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 13, 冂+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 月金口 (BCR), four-corner 77220, composition (G) or (HTJK))

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 129, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1528
  • Dae Jaweon: page 291, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 100, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+518F

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shang Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script Small seal script

Perhaps a hut (stylized as ) with a mouth in the middle () to indicate an opening, hence a window.

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“patterned window; a clear and bright window; shining, brightness; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of ).
Notes:

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of – see .
(This character is a variant form of ).

References

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. light
  2. clear
  3. bright

Readings

  • On (unclassified): けい (kei)きょう (kyō)
  • Kun: あきらか (akiraka)
  • Nanori: あきら (akira)

Korean

Alternative forms

Hanja

Wikisource

(eumhun 빛날 (binnal gyeong))

  1. (literary) hanja form? of (to shine; to be bright)
  2. hanja form? of (Used in personal names)

Synonyms

  • (to shine; to be bright): ( (hyeong))

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [1]