圷

圷 U+5737, 圷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5737 ← 圶 [U+5736] CJK Unified Ideographs 圸 → [U+5738]

Translingual

Han character

圷 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 土一卜 (GMY), four-corner 4113₀, composition ⿰土下)

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 224, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4900
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 418, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5737

Chinese

simp. and trad.		圷

Glyph origin

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 圷 (akutsu).

Etymology

Spelling pronunciation, as 下 (xià).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xià (xia⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xià
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sià
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴
    • Yale: syà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiah
    • Palladius: ся (sja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶
    • Yale: hah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²²/

Definitions

圷

1. Used in borrowings of Japanese words.

References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 85

Japanese

Glyph origin

A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”). Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 土 (“ground, land, earth”) + 下 (“low, lower, under”) – low-lying land.

Kanji

圷

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Kun: あくつ (akutsu, 圷)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
圷
あくつ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

圷(あくつ) • (akutsu) 

1. Literally means for a low-lying land or ground, consequently, a lower swampy field or backswamp suitable for a paddy field. But, at present, it can only be found that it is used as a place-name or its element for one with such a topographic feature, in addition, as a surname or its part named after such a place name, as a dialectal Chinese character used in Ibaraki and Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, while being one of 国字, Japanese-made Chinese characters.

Proper noun

圷(あくつ) • (Akutsu) 

1. a place name
2. a surname