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, 𠆭, 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, 僉, 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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