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

Derived characters

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

(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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