𨦈

𨦈	U+28988, 𨦈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-28988

← 𨦇
[U+28987]

CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B

𨦉 →
[U+28989]

Translingual

Han character

𨦈 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 金廿田 (CTW), composition ⿰釒曲)

References

KangXi: not present, would follow page 1305, character 21
Unihan data for U+28988

Japanese

Kanji

𨦈

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

rake

Readings

On (unclassified): きょく (kyoku)
Kun: いかり (ikari, 𨦈); くまで (kumade, 𨦈); なた (nata, 𨦈)

Glyph origin

A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”). Created as an ideograph, combining 金 (“metal”) and 曲 (“to bend”), from the sense of working metal into various shapes.

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
𨦈
いかり Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

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

【錨いかり】H

[noun] (nautical) an anchor (tool to moor a vessel into the sea bottom)

[noun] an anchor-shaped tool on the end of a rope or other line, used to secure the line

[noun] an anchor-shaped grapnel

[noun] a kind of 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) in the shape of an anchor

Alternative spellings
碇, 𨦈, 矴, 重石, 沈石

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

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
𨦈
くまで Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

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

【熊手くまで】

[noun] a rake (garden tool), made of various materials; stylized and decorated bamboo rakes are also used as good luck charms for businesses (from the sense of gathering good fortune towards the user)

[noun] (historical) a weapon similar in shape to a gardening rake, used to catch and unseat an opponent on horseback

[noun] (by analogy from the sense of a tool used to gather something toward the user) an extremely greedy person

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

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
𨦈
なた Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

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

【鉈なた】H

[noun] a hatchet, a billhook, a machete, a froe: a broad term for a one-handed thick-bladed cutting tool, generally used for cutting through wood or vegetation; the blade may be in various shapes depending on intended use, either straight or curved, long or short

[noun] (sumo) a technique of bending one's elbow and attacking an opponent's throat or chest with one's forearm (so called for the way the bent-elbow arm shape resembles certain varieties of nata woodworking tools)

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