岬

岬	U+5CAC, 岬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5CAC

← 岫
[U+5CAB]

CJK Unified Ideographs

岭 →
[U+5CAD]

Translingual

Han character

岬 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 山田中 (UWL), four-corner 2675₀, composition ⿰山甲)

cape
promontory, headland

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 309, character 23
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7992
Dae Jaweon: page 609, character 19
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 766, character 13
Unihan data for U+5CAC

Chinese

trad.		岬
simp. ^#		岬
alternative forms		𥑐

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (甲) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
笚	ʔl'aːb, ɡraːb
閘	klaːb, sɡreːb, *qraːb
鉀	klaːb, kraːb
甲	*kraːb
胛	*kraːb
岬	*kraːb
押	kraːb, qraːb
玾	*kraːb
呷	*qʰraːb
匣	*ɡraːb
狎	*ɡraːb
柙	*ɡraːb
翈	*ɡraːb
炠	*ɡraːb
鴨	*qraːb
庘	*qraːb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kraːb): semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 甲 (OC *kraːb).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiǎ (jia³)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaap³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎ
  - Wade–Giles: chia³
  - Yale: jyǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jea
  - Palladius: цзя (czja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gaap³
  - Yale: gaap
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaap⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: gab³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːp̚³/

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kraːb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	岬
Reading #	1/1
No.	5933
Phonetic component	甲
Rime group	盍
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	甲
Old Chinese	/*kraːb/
Notes	廣韻作石旁集韻或作

Definitions

岬

side of a mountain
(geography) cape
Synonyms: 角, 海角 (hǎijiǎo)

Compounds

岬角
海岬 (hǎijiǎ)

Japanese

Kanji

岬

(Jōyō kanji)

peninsula; promontory; cape; spit
Synonym: 崎

Readings

Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けふ (kefu, historical)}
Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かふ (kafu, historical)}
Kun: みさき (misaki, 岬, Jōyō)
Nanori: さき (saki)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
岬
みさき Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
崎碕 (rare)

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720.^[1]

Analyzable as a compound of み (mi, see below) +‎ 先 (saki, “tip, point; promontory”).^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

The mi prefix is likely the honorific prefix 御 (mi-), and the term misaki is attested explicitly with the spelling 御碕 (mi-saki) in the Nihon Shoki.^[1]

Alternative theories as to the identity of the み (mi) include:

水 (mi, “water”, bound prefix form of 水 (mizu)), although the semantics this suggests may instead mean “water tip”, i.e. a jutting-out of water, not of land — an inlet.
Shift from 海 (umi, “sea”), with the same consideration as above.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) みさき [mìsákí] (Heiban – [0])^[5]^[6]^[7]
IPA^(key): [mʲisa̠kʲi]

Noun

岬(みさき) • (misaki)

[from 720] (geography) cape, promontory, point
襟(えり)裳(も)岬(みさき)
Erimo-misaki
Cape Erimo

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 “岬・崎・碕”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
^ “岬”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
^ Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 [Meikyō Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

岬 • (gap) (hangeul 갑, revised gap, McCune–Reischauer kap)

cape, headland

Vietnamese

Han character

岬: Hán Nôm readings: giáp

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[KDJ2-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 “岬・崎・碕”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

[DDJS-2] “岬”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months

[K-3] Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

[M-4] Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 [Meikyō Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN

[DJR-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK5-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-7] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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