亼

See also: 𠓛, and 스

亼 U+4EBC, 亼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EBC ← 亻 [U+4EBB] CJK Unified Ideographs 亽 → [U+4EBD]

Translingual

Han character

亼 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+1, 3 strokes, cangjie input 人一 (OM) or 難難難人一 (XXXOM), composition ⿱人一(GHTJ))

Derived characters

• 合, 僉, 俞, 會, 今, 令, 𫝆, 余, 佥, 佱, 侖, 㑒, 命, 侴, 倉, 㑹, 龠, 𠏉, 食, 舍, 全

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 91, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 345
• Dae Jaweon: page 192, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 102, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4EBC

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 亼
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Small seal script s03763
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 入 + 一. To gather from three sides, if connected to the ancient version of 集.

Otherwise, it's an open mouth 口 reversed upside-down and the original version of 今. This character can be seen in 合, 今, 會, 令, 侖, 食, and 龠. Unrelated to 俞, in which it represents part of a flipped vessel, 由.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 亼 – see 集 (“to collect; to gather; collection; set; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified and ancient form of 集).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

亼

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. Alternative form of 集

Readings

• Go-on: じゅう (jū)^{←じふ (zifu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しゅう (shū)^{←しふ (sifu, historical)}
• Kun: あつまる (atsumaru, 亼まる)

Korean

Hanja

亼 • (jip) (hangeul 집, revised jip, McCune–Reischauer chip)

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