靫

靫 U+976B, 靫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-976B ← 靪 [U+976A] CJK Unified Ideographs 靬 → [U+976C]

Translingual

Han character

靫 (Kangxi radical 177, 革+3, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿十水戈 (TJEI), composition ⿰革叉)

1. strong and pliable, resilient

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1385, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42713
• Dae Jaweon: page 1899, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4327, character 4
• Unihan data for U+976B

Chinese

simp. and trad.		靫

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
叉	*sʰraːl, *sʰreːl
杈	*sʰraːl, *sʰraːls, *sʰreːls
靫	*sʰraːl, *sʰreːl
汊	*sʰraːls
衩	*sʰraːls, *sʰreːls
扠	*hr'eːl
釵	*sʰreːl
芆	*sʰreːl
訍	*sʰreːls

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chā, chá (cha¹, cha²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚ, ㄔㄚˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chā
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cha
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa¹
    • Yale: chā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cha
    • Palladius: ча (ča)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chá
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chá
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa²
    • Yale: chá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: char
    • Palladius: ча (ča)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵/

Definitions

靫

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Japanese

Kanji

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Category:Japanese terms spelled with 靫

靫

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: しゃ (sha)、さち (sachi)、せち (sechi)
• Kan-on: さい (sai)、さ (sa)、せつ (setsu)、さつ (satsu)
• Kun: うつぼ (utsubo)、ゆぎ (yugi)
• Nanori: ゆき (yuki)

Compounds

• 靫負(ゆうげい) (yūgei)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
靫
うつぼ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
空穂

Kanji in this term
靫
うつお Hyōgai
kun'yomi

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Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うつぼ [ùtsúbó] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟t͡sɨbo̞]

• Homophone: 鱓

• (Tokyo) うつお [ùtsúó] (Heiban – [0])^[1][3]
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟t͡sɨo̞]

Noun

靫(うつぼ) • (utsubo)  (alternative reading hiragana うつお, rōmaji utsuo, historical hiragana うつほ)

1. quiver (arrow container)

Derived terms

• 靫葛(うつぼかずら) (utsubokazura)
• 靫草(うつぼくさ) (utsubokusa)
• 浜靫(はまうつぼ) (hamautsubo)

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN