U+55BF, 喿
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55BF

[U+55BE]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+55C0]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 30, 口+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口口口木 (RRRD) or 難口口口木 (XRRRD), four-corner 60904, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 201, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4029
  • Dae Jaweon: page 424, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 667, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+55BF

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): (three mouths) + (tree) – chirping of birds in a tree. Original form of . Similar but unrelated to .

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to chirp; to cry; to clamor; to make an uproar; to make a racket”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“shovel; spade”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. chirping of birds

Readings

  • On (unclassified): そう ()しょう (shō)
  • Kun: さわぐ (sawagu, 喿ぐ)かしましい (kashimashī, 喿しい)すき (suki)

Korean

Hanja

• (so) (hangeul , revised so, McCune–Reischauer so)

  1. chirping of birds