彁

彁 U+5F41, 彁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F41 ← 彀 [U+5F40] CJK Unified Ideographs 彂 → [U+5F42]

Translingual

Han character

彁 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 弓一口口 (NMRR), composition ⿰弓哥)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 360, character 30
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 2, page 1001, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5F41

Japanese

Glyph origin

A 幽(ゆう)霊(れい)文(も)字(じ) (yūrei moji, “ghost character”), mistaken character which is registered in character code for Japanese, JIS X 0208);^[1] composed of the 弓 radical and 哥. Likely to be an error of 彊.^[2]

Kanji

彁

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. The meaning of this term is uncertain.

Usage notes

• It has seen increased usage in creative works since the early 2020s because of its mysterious nature.

Readings

• Kan’yō-on: せい (sei)、か (ka)

References

1. What are the Yūrei Moji or Ghost Kanji? - SLJ FAQ

1. Lunde, Kevin (2009) CJKV information processing‎, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 178
2. Hiruma, Naokazu (2011 September 5) “大正十二年の幽霊文字 [The Ghost Characters of Taishō 12]”, in The Asahi‎ (in Japanese)