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U+7E55, 繕
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E55

[U+7E54]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+7E56]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 120, +12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 女火廿土口 (VFTGR) or 女火廿廿口 (VFTTR), four-corner 28961, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 938, character 34
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27893
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1377, character 30
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3454, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+7E55

Chinese

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Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 繕, Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) ...

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡjens): semantic (thread; textile) + phonetic (OC *ɡjenʔ, good). Also Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): to repair; to make good.

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *glan (to repair), cognate to Tibetan གླན་པ (glan pa, to patch; to mend) and related forms (Gong 1995; STEDT).

Pronunciation



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Definitions

  1. to repair; to mend
  2. to copy neatly; to transcribe
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to prepare; to renovate
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to keep; to maintain
  5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) firm; resolute

Compounds

  • 修繕 / 修缮 (xiūshàn)
  • 營繕 / 营缮
  • 繕寫 / 缮写 (shànxiě)
  • 繕甲厲兵 / 缮甲厉兵
  • 繕甲治兵 / 缮甲治兵

References

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Japanese

Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. darning
  2. repair

Readings

  • Go-on: ぜん (zen, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: せん (sen)
  • Kun: つくろう (tsukurou, 繕う, Jōyō)つくろふ (tukurofu, 繕ふ, historical)

Compounds

  • (ぜん)(さい) (zensai)
  • (ぜん)(しゃ) (zensha)
  • (ぜん)(しゅう) (zenshū)
  • (ぜん)() (zenchi)
  • (えい)(ぜん) (eizen)
  • (しゅう)(ぜん) (shūzen)
  • (しゅう)(ぜん) (shūzen)
  • ()(ぜん) (hozen)
  • 衣紋(えもん)(つくろ) (emon o tsukurou)
  • ()(つくろ) (hikitsukurou)
  • ()(づくろ) (hazukuroi)
  • ()(つくろ) (mitsukurou)
  • ()(つくろ) (ītsukurou)
  • ()(つくろ) (toritsukurou)
  • ()(づくろ) (mizukuroi)
  • (こわ)(づくろ) (kowazukuroi)
  • ()(つくろ) (kaitsukurou)

Korean

Hanja

(seon) (hangeul , revised seon, McCuneReischauer sŏn, Yale sen)

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Vietnamese

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