髄

See also: 髓

髄	U+9AC4, 髄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9AC4

← 髃
[U+9AC3]

CJK Unified Ideographs

髅 →
[U+9AC5]

Translingual

Han character

髄 (Kangxi radical 188, 骨+9, 19 strokes, cangjie input 月月卜大月 (BBYKB) or 難月月卜大 (XBBYK), composition ⿰骨迶)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1450, character 32
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45240
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4416, character 6
Unihan data for U+9AC4

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 髄 – see 髓 (“bone marrow; pith; medulla; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 髓).

Japanese

Shinjitai	髄
Kyūjitai	髓

Kanji

髄

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 髓)

bone marrow

Readings

Go-on: すい (sui)
Kan-on: すい (sui)
Kan’yō-on: ずい (zui, Jōyō)^{←ずゐ (zwi, historical)}
Kun: すね (sune, 髄)、なずき (nazuki, 髄)^{←なづき (naduki, 髄, historical)}
Nanori: なか (naka)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
髄
ずい Grade: S
kan'yōon

Alternative spelling
髓 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 髓 (MC sjweX, “bone marrow”). First appears in the late 800s, early 900s.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ずい [zúꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
IPA^(key): [d͡zɨi]

Noun

髄(ずい) • (zui) ^{←ずゐ (zwi)^?}

bone marrow
the pith of a plant
(figurative) the pith or essence of something, such as a skill or cultural thing

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
髄
ずん Grade: S
irregular

Alternative spelling
髓 (kyūjitai)

Shift from zui above. First appears in the early 1700s.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [d͡zɨ̃ɴ]

Noun

髄(ずん) • (zun)

(archaic, possibly obsolete) the center of something
(archaic, possibly obsolete) something straight
(archaic, possibly obsolete) an exact direction, an immediate area

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
髄
なずき Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
髓 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 髄 – see the following entry.

【脳なずき】6

[noun] (archaic, anatomy) the brain

[noun] (archaic, by extension) the head

(This term, 髄, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
髄
すね Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
髓 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 髄 – see the following entry.

【脛すね】H

[noun] [from 712] the front area of the leg between the knee and the ankle: the shin

Alternative spellings
臑, 腨, 脚

(This term, 髄, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

“髄”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
“髄”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984

[KDJ-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJS-3] Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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