弖

See also: 弓 and 弔
弖 U+5F16, 弖
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F16
← 引
[U+5F15] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 弗 →
[U+5F17]

Translingual

Han character

弖 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 弓一 (NM) or X弓一 (XNM), composition ⿱弓一)

References
  • KangXi: not present, would follow page 356, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9703
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 988, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+5F16

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 弖

Pronunciation

Definitions

弖

  1. Possibly either a variant of 互 or a variant of 氐. [1]

References
  1. 中华大字典, 2014 edition.

Japanese

Glyph origin

A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”) which has been hypothesized to have been invented in Goguryeo. Earliest usage example appeared as 幹弖利城, a name of the fortress in the Gwanggaeto Stele, erected in 414.

As the first example in Japan, appeared as 弖已加利獲居 (⟨teyo2kariwake2⟩ → Teyokariwake) and 半弖比 (⟨patepi1⟩ → Hatehi), names of ancestors of the local ruler in the Inariyama burial-mound sword, 471.

According to one theory, this is a variant form of 氐, also used as a 借音 (shakuon) kana for ⟨te⟩.

Kanji
弖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. 借音 (shakuon) kana for ⟨te⟩

Readings
  • Kun: て (te, 弖)

Compounds
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