See also:
U+4FA0, 侠
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FA0

[U+4F9F]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4FA1]

Translingual

Han character

(radical 9, +6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人大廿 (OKT), composition)

References

  • KangXi: not present, would follow page 102, character 29
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 625
  • Dae Jaweon: page 218, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 147, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+4FA0

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“chivalrous person; knight-errant; etc.”).
(This character, , is the simplified form of .)
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. tomboy
  2. chivalry

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
きょう
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

/kepu//kefu/ → */kewu//keu//kjoː/

From Middle Chinese (MC ɦep̚).

Pronunciation

Noun

(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji , hiragana きょう, rōmaji kyō, historical hiragana けふ)

  1. chivalrous spirit (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
    Synonyms: 男気 (otokogi), 俠気 (kyōki)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
きゃん
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

From a later borrowing of Middle Chinese (MC ɦep̚). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Noun

(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji , hiragana きゃん, rōmaji kyan)

  1. a chivalrous person
    Synonym: 侠客 (kyōkaku)
  2. a tomboy
    Synonyms: 御侠 (o-kyan), 転婆 (tenba)
Derived terms
  •  () (きゃん) (o-kyan)

Adjective

(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji , -na inflection, hiragana きゃん, rōmaji kyan)

  1. chivalrous
  2. tomboyish
    Synonyms: 御侠 (o-kyan), 転婆 (tenba)
Inflection

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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