See also:
U+6D3C, 洼
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6D3C

[U+6D3B]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+6D3D]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 85, 水+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 水土土 (EGG), four-corner 34114, composition )

  1. hollow
  2. pit
  3. depression
  4. swamp

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 622, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17425
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1019, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1601, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+6D3C

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“puddle; pool where water collects; depression; low-lying area; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified and variant form of ).
Notes:

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/3
Initial () (28)
Final () (40)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () IV
Fanqie
Baxter kwej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kwei/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʷei/
Shao
Rongfen
/kuɛi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kwɛj/
Li
Rong
/kuei/
Wang
Li
/kiwei/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kiwei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
guī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gwai1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 3/3
No. 4576
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʷeː/

Definitions

  1. a surname

References

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. hollow
  2. pit
  3. depression
  4. swamp

Readings

  • Go-on: (e) (we, historical)
  • Kan-on: あい (ai) (wa)
  • Kun: くぼむ (kubomu, 洼む)くぼみ (kubomi, 洼み)くぼまる (kubomaru, 洼まる)

Korean

Hanja

• (wa) (hangeul , revised wa, McCune–Reischauer wa, Yale wa)

  1. pool
  2. deep pond