汢

Han character edit

汢 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 水土 (EG) or 難難水土 (XXEG), composition ⿰氵土)

References edit

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 607, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 3, page 1551, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6C62

Glyph origin 1 edit

Simplified from 泏 (出 → 土).

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. Only used in the placename 汢の川, 汢川 (Nutanogawa).

Usage notes edit

• The correct form may be "⿰冫土".
  • "⿰冫𡈽" has also appeared as an alternative form of this character.
  • Nutanogawa is currently officially spelled with 汢 due to the convenience of it being included in the JIS character encoding.

Readings edit

• Kun: ぬた (nuta); ぬる (nuru)

Glyph origin 2 edit

Abbreviation of 浄土 (jōdo, “the Pure Land”) found in esoteric Buddhism.

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. (rare, obsolete) Abbreviation of 浄土 (jōdo, “the Pure Land”).

Readings edit

• Kun: じょうど (jōdo)

References edit

• Dictionary of Japanese-created Kanji 2014 (和製漢字の辞典2014) (entry #1192)
• Family Register Unified Characters (戸籍統一文字) 193850
• Sanseido Word-Wise Web: 漢字の現在 第166回 「汢」に歴史あり