蔀

蔀 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜口中 (TYRL), four-corner 4462₇, composition ⿱艹部)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1053, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31748
• Dae Jaweon: page 1515, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3268, character 11
• Unihan data for U+8500

蔀

1. (literary) straw mat
2. (literary) to shade; to cover; to screen
3. (Chinese astronomy) the cycle of 76 years (approximate common multiple for the synodic month and tropical year, similar to the Callippic cycle)

   • 十九歲為一章。四章為一蔀，七十六歲。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     十九岁为一章。四章为一蔀，七十六岁。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. early 3rd century, Zhao Shuang (趙爽), editor. Zhoubi Suanjing (《周髀算經》)

     Shíjiǔ suì wéi yī zhāng. Sì zhāng wèi yī bù, qīshíliù suì. [Pinyin]

     [The cycle of] nineteen years constitute one zhang. Four zhang make one bu, which is seventy-six years.

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• Go-on: ぶ (bu)
• Kan-on: ほう (hō)
• Kun: しとみ (shitomi)

蔀(しとみ) • (shitomi) 

1. (architecture) latticed shutters hung vertically between pillar bays of traditional Japanese buildings, that might be folded up or removed
2. (nautical) a latticed screen set up to protect against waves and spray on boats to small to have a proper rail
3. (architecture) a door used to shield parts of a castle from viewing from the outside
4. (architecture) a panelled door of two or three sheets of wood, slid into the pillars of the entrance to a city house at night

蔀(しとみ) • (Shitomi) 

1. a surname

• “^▲蔀”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

蔀 (eum 부 (bu))

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