孒

孒

孒 U+5B52, 孒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B52 ← 孑 [U+5B51] CJK Unified Ideographs 孓 → [U+5B53]

Translingual

Han character

孒 (Kangxi radical 39, 子+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 弓弓一 (NNM) or X弓弓一 (XNNM), composition ⿰了一)

Derived characters

• 𢩯, 𧺐

References

• KangXi: page 277, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6932
• Dae Jaweon: page 544, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 2, page 1008, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5B52

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 孒 – see 孓 (“missing one's left arm; short; etc.”). (This character, 孒, is a variant form of 孓.)

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Japanese

Kanji

孒

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. an impared child
2. a child with a missing elbow
3. a leech child

Readings

• Go-on: かち (kachi)
• Kan-on: けつ (ketsu)
• Kan’yō-on: きょう (kyō)^{←きよう (kyou, historical)}
• On: く (ku); くつ (kutsu)
• Kun: ぼうふら (bōfura, 孒); みじかい (mijikai, 孒い)

Compounds

• 孑孒(ぼうふら) (bōfura, “mosquito larva”)
• 孑孑(ぼうふら) (bōfura), 孑(けつ)孑(けつ) (ketsuketsu)

Usage notes

• The Kanji Jiten entry has an odd kun-reading: ひだりのうでがない (hidari no ude ga nai, “missing one's left arm”), referencing the kanji character's appearance. Compare from Chinese, above.

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Vietnamese

Han character

孒: Hán Nôm readings: kiết

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References

• Nom Foundation