襷

See also: 𧜎

襷 U+8977, 襷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8977 ← 襶 [U+8976] CJK Unified Ideographs 襸 → [U+8978]

Translingual

Traditional	襷
Shinjitai (extended)	𧜎
Simplified	⿰衤举

Han character

襷 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+18, 24 strokes, cangjie input 中竹金手 (LHCQ), composition ⿰衤擧)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1127, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34737
• Dae Jaweon: page 1594, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 5, page 3122, character 8
• Unihan data for U+8977

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	𧜎
Kyūjitai	襷

Kanji

襷

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𧜎)

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Readings

• Kun: たすき (tasuki, 襷)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
襷
たすき Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
𧜎 手繦

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) たすき [tàsúkí] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) たすき [tàsúkíꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠sɨkʲi]

Noun

襷(たすき) • (tasuki) 

1. cord used to tie back the sleeves of Japanese clothing.
2. cord used to tie back the sleeves of Japanese children's clothing
3. a sash worn diagonally across the body
4. (archaic, Shinto) a shoulder-tied cord, to mark one's purification to serve the gods
5. the kanji component 丿 in characters such as 戈
6. (historical) Synonym of 戈旁 (hoko-zukuri, “the kanji radical 戈”)