See also:
U+518E, 冎
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-518E

[U+518D]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+518F]

Translingual edit

Alternative forms edit

  • The top section of the character turns left (◱) in PRC and Singapore, while it turns right (◲) elsewhere.

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 13, +4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 月弓月 (BNB), composition ⿱⿵𠃍(G) or 𭁟(TJ))

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 129, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1525
  • Dae Jaweon: page 290, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 100, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+518E

Chinese edit

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character
ShangWarring StatesShuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptionsOracle bone scriptChu slip and silk scriptQin slip scriptSmall seal script

Pictogram (象形) - a skull. The pictographic protoform of .

Definitions edit

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to cut flesh off from bone; lingchi; etc.”).
(This character is an ancient form of ).

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. hollow
  2. scoop out

Readings edit

  • On (unclassified): (ka); (ke)
  • Kun: わける (wakeru)

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(eum (gwa))

  1. tear [peel, strip, split, take] off: pare; rind; shuck; shell; hull; crack; remove; ex) ~ bone a chicken, ~clean[bone] a fish