冏

See also: 囧

冏 U+518F, 冏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-518F ← 冎 [U+518E] CJK Unified Ideographs 冐 → [U+5190]

Translingual

Han character

冏 (Kangxi radical 13, 冂+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 月金口 (BCR), four-corner 7722₀, composition ⿵冂㕣(G) or ⿵冂⿱儿口(HTJK))

Derived characters

• 㓏, 埛, 𡝆, 𡸀, 𢂶, 㤯, 浻, 烱, 𪻣, 䢛, 𥺂, 綗, 𧨝, 𩛯, 䮐, 𪕥, 𠜛, 𬚽, 𠱛, 𡖛, 𭖣, 𦯶, 矞, 𠸲, 裔, 𮥼, 𠕨

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 129, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1528
• Dae Jaweon: page 291, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 100, character 12
• Unihan data for U+518F

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 冏
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script

Perhaps a hut (stylized as 穴) with a mouth in the middle (口) to indicate an opening, hence a window.

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 冏 – see 囧 (“patterned window; a clear and bright window; shining, brightness; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 囧).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 冏 – see 坰. (This character is a variant form of 坰).

Japanese

Kanji

冏

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. light
2. clear
3. bright

Readings

• On (unclassified): けい (kei)、きょう (kyō)
• Kun: あきらか (akiraka)
• Nanori: あきら (akira)

Korean

Alternative forms

• 囧 (경 (gyeong))

Hanja

Wikisource

冏 (eumhun 빛날 경 (binnal gyeong))

1. (literary) hanja form^? of 경 (“to shine; to be bright”)
2. hanja form^? of 경 (“Used in personal names”)
   • 1412, “十二年 春正月, 三月 三十日”, in 《태종공정대왕실록》 (太宗恭定大王實錄) [Veritable Records of King Taejong Gongjeong] (overall work in Literary Chinese), published 1431:

     命執久冏、光美、榮遇、崔白等, 一處訊問。

     명집 구경、광미、영우、최백 등, 일처 신문. (Myeongjip Gugyeong、Gwangmi、Yeong'u、Choebaek deung, ilcheo sinmun.)

     He ordered for the arrest of Gugyeong, Gwangmi, Yeong-u, Choebaek and others, for them to be interrogated together.

Synonyms

• (to shine; to be bright): 炯 (형 (hyeong))

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]