孼

See also: 孽

孼 U+5B7C, 孼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B7C ← 孻 [U+5B7B] CJK Unified Ideographs 孽 → [U+5B7D]

Translingual

Han character

孼 (Kangxi radical 39, 子+16, 19 strokes, cangjie input 山十弓木 (UJND), composition ⿱辥子)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 281, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7046
• Dae Jaweon: page 551, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1020, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5B7C

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (薛) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
躠	*sŋaːd
嶭	*ŋaːd, *ŋeːd
櫱	*ŋaːd, *ŋred
薛	*sŋed
辥	*sŋed
孼	*ŋred
蘖	*ŋred
蠥	*ŋred
孽	*ŋred
糵	*ŋred

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 孼 – see 孽 (“son of a concubine; ghost; monster; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 孽).

Japanese

Kanji

孼

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: げち (gechi)
• Kan-on: げつ (getsu)
• Kun: わきばら (wakibara)、ひこばえ (hikobae)、わざわい (wazawai, 孼い)^{←わざはひ (wazafafi, 孼ひ, historical)}

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 孽 (MC ngjet). Recorded as Middle Korean 孽/얼〮 (él) (Yale: el) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

孼

孼 (eumhun 서자(庶子) 얼)

1. (historical) hanja form^? of 얼 (“son of a concubine”)
2. (archaic) hanja form^? of 얼 (“evil”)

Compounds

• 서얼 (庶孼, seo'eol, “son of a concubine”)
• 얼자 (孼子, eolja, “son of a concubine”)
• 요얼 (妖孼, yoeol)
• 작얼 (作孼, jageol)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.