U+57FF, 埿
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-57FF

[U+57FE]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5800]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 32, 土+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水心土 (EPG), four-corner 37104, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 231, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5204
  • Dae Jaweon: page 468, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 458, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+57FF

Chinese

Glyph origin

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“mud; soil; earth; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. mud

Readings

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As a variant/ancient form of :

  • Go-on: ない (nai)
  • Kan-on: でい (dei)

As a variant form of :

Readings shared by both forms:

Usage notes

Used as 借音 (shakuon) kana for ⟨de⟩ and ⟨pi1 in the Man'yōshū (c. 759 CE).

Definitions

Kanji in this term
ひじ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Kanji in this term
うき
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
ひじS
[noun] mud
うきS
[noun] marshland, swamp
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)