雫

雫 U+96EB, 雫
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96EB
← 雪
[U+96EA] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 雬 →
[U+96EC]

Translingual

Han character

雫 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+3, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一月一卜 (MBMY), composition ⿱雨下)

References
  • KangXi: not present, would follow page 1371, character 30
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42219
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4057, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+96EB

Chinese

Etymology 1
simp. and trad.
 雫

Pronunciation

Definitions

雫

  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain.
Usage notes

Glyph origin

Simplified from 霞 (xiá) (叚 → 下 (xià)).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 雨 (“rain”) + phonetic 下.

Definitions
For pronunciation and definitions of 雫 – see 霞 (“the light and clouds at sunrise and sunset; mist; rosy clouds; etc.”).
(This character, 雫, is the second-round simplified form of 霞.)
Notes:

Etymology 3
simp. and trad.
 雫

Spelling pronunciation, as 下 (xià).

Glyph origin

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 霞 (kasumi).

Pronunciation

Definitions

雫

  1. a drop of water. Usually used in Japanese female names.

Japanese
See also 滴

Glyph origin

A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”). Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 雨 (“rain”) + 下 (“to drop”).[1]

Kanji
雫

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. raindrop

Readings

Noun
Kanji in this term
雫
しずく
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

雫(しずく) • (shizuku) ←しづく (siduku)?

  1. Alternative form of 滴

Derived terms
  • 雨(あめ)雫(しずく) (ameshizuku)
  • 末(すえ)の露(つゆ)、本(もと)の雫(しずく) (sue no tsuyu, moto no shizuku)

Proper noun

雫(しずく) • (Shizuku) 

  1. a surname

References
  1. “雫”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023
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