埿

埿

埿 U+57FF, 埿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-57FF ← 埾 [U+57FE] CJK Unified Ideographs 堀 → [U+5800]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• KangXi: 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

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Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
泥	*niːl, *niːls
屔	*niːl
苨	*niːlʔ
坭	*niːlʔ
迡	*niːls
埿	*braːms, *niːl, *niːls
旎	*nilʔ
狔	*nilʔ
抳	*nilʔ
尼	*nil
呢	*nil
怩	*nil
柅	*nil, *nilʔ
蚭	*nil
跜	*nil
秜	*nil
痆	*rniːd
昵	*niɡ

Definitions

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

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Japanese

Kanji

埿

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. mud

Readings

(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)

As a variant/ancient form of 泥:

• Go-on: ない (nai)
• Kan-on: でい (dei)

As a variant form of 湴:

• Go-on: ばん (ban)^{←ばん (ban, historical)←ばむ (bamu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: はん (han)^{←はん (fan, historical)←はむ (famu, ancient)}

Readings shared by both forms:

• Kun: うき (uki, 埿); ひじ (hiji, 埿)^{←ひぢ (fidi, historical)}

Usage notes

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

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
埿
ひじ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Noun

埿(ひじ) • (hiji) ^{←ひぢ (fidi)?}

1. Alternative spelling of 泥 (hiji): mud

Derived terms

• 埿土(ういじ) (uiji)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
埿
うき Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Noun

埿(うき) • (uki) 

1. Alternative spelling of 泥 (uki): a marshland, swamp