圸

圸	U+5738, 圸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5738

← 圷
[U+5737]

CJK Unified Ideographs

圹 →
[U+5739]

Translingual

Han character

圸 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 土山 (GU) or 難土山 (XGU), composition ⿰土山)

Further reading

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 224, character 18
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 419, character 6
Unihan data for U+5738

Chinese

simp. and trad.		圸

Glyph origin

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 圸.

Etymology

Spelling pronunciation, as 山 (shān).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shān (shan¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shān
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shan
  - Wade–Giles: shan¹
  - Yale: shān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shan
  - Palladius: шань (šanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: saan¹
  - Yale: sāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: san¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn⁵⁵/

Definitions

圸

Used in borrowings of Japanese words.

References

Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 85

Japanese

Glyph origin

A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”).

Kanji

圸

(Hyōgai kanji)

cliff
Only used in placenames in Yamagata Prefecture.

Readings

Kun: やま (yama, 圸)、まま (mama, 圸)

Noun

圸(まま) • (mama)

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