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U+55BF, 喿
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55BF

[U+55BE]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+55C0]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 30, +10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口口口木 (RRRD) or 難口口口木 (XRRRD), four-corner 60904, composition )

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 201, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4029
  • Dae Jaweon: page 424, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 667, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+55BF

Chinese[edit]

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character
Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意会意) : (three mouths) + (tree) – chirping of birds in a tree. Original form of .

Etymology 1[edit]

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to chirp; to cry; to clamor; to make an uproar; to make a racket”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Etymology 2[edit]

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“shovel; spade”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. chirping of birds

Readings[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

(so) (hangeul , revised so, McCune–Reischauer so)

  1. chirping of birds