叓

叓 U+53D3, 叓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53D3 ← 叒 [U+53D2] CJK Unified Ideographs 叔 → [U+53D4]

Translingual

Han character

叓 (Kangxi radical 29, 又+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 十中水 (JLE), composition ⿱𰀉又)

Derived characters

• 𠉕 𩣬 𠭏

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 165, character 36
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3146
• Dae Jaweon: page 376, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 394, character 10
• Unihan data for U+53D3

Chinese

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 𰀉 (“a flag hoisted onto a frame”) + 又 (“hand”). Represents the work or duty assigned to a (lower) servant, who would e.g. hoist flags as part of their service, whence also the meaning “petty official”.

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 叓 – see 事 (“thing; matter; task; work; job; career; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 事).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 叓 – see 吏 (“government official; petty official; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 吏).

Japanese

Kanji

叓

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. Alternative form of 事 (“thing, matter, work, job”) (ancient form)
2. Alternative form of 吏 (“petty official, civil servant”) (ancient form)

Readings

Readings from 事:

• Kan-on: し (shi)
• Kan’yō-on: ず (zu)
• Kun: こと (koto)

Korean

Hanja

叓 • (sa) (hangeul 사)

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