厷

See also: 肱 and 雄

厷	U+53B7, 厷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53B7

← 厶
[U+53B6]

CJK Unified Ideographs

厸 →
[U+53B8]

Translingual

Han character

厷 (Kangxi radical 28, 厶+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 大戈 (KI) or 難大戈 (XKI), composition ⿸𠂇厶)

Derived characters

雄, 宏, 肱, 竑, 紘/纮, 閎/闳, 汯, 耾, 吰, 鈜/𮣳, 䧀, 㢬, 䆖, 䍔, 䡌, 谹, 䫺, 翃, 𠆽, 𠫤, 𡉞, 𡵓, 𡵦, 𢗞, 𤆠, 𤣦, 𤣾, 𤵄, 𥐪/𥒣, 𧈽, 𧮯, 𧰯, 𨙿, 𨡿, 𨹠, 𩉦, 𩖢, 𦐌, 𩷃, 𩿅/𫠖, 𫷧, 𬐋, 𠬗, 𣘯, 𣼄, 𣾲, 𥡋, 𦁷, 𥱘

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 164, character 4
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3062
Dae Jaweon: page 371, character 27
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 384, character 4
Unihan data for U+53B7

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (厷) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
肱	*kʷɯːŋ
宏	*ɡʷrɯːŋ
閎	*ɡʷrɯːŋ
吰	*ɡʷrɯːŋ
竑	*ɡʷrɯːŋ
谹	*ɡʷrɯːŋ
翃	*ɡʷrɯːŋ
紘	*ɡʷrɯːŋ
鈜	*ɡʷrɯːŋ
浤	*ɡʷrɯːŋ
耾	*ɡʷrɯːŋ
雄	*ɡʷɯŋ

This character is the pictogram of a hand, an arm and a rounded part that represents either a shoulder or an elbow. Today, the arm is no more visibile, the hand is stylized as a left hand and a semi-open shape 厶 at the bottom represents either the shoulder or elbow. This character is also the proto-form of 肱.

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 厷 – see 肱 (“upper arm; minister of the emperor”). (This character is an ancient form of 肱).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 厷 – see 右 (“right; starboard; etc.”). (This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as a variant form of 右).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 厷 – see 雄 (“male; masculine; powerful; grand; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 雄).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 厷 – see 宏 (“wide; spacious; great; vast; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 宏).

Japanese

Kanji

厷

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): こう (kō)
Kun: かいな (kaina)、ひじ (hiji)、まるい (marui, 厷い)

Korean

Hanja

厷 • (goeng) (hangeul 굉, revised goeng, McCune–Reischauer koeng)

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