圀

See also: 國 and 国
圀 U+5700, 圀
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5700
← 囿
[U+56FF] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 圁 →
[U+5701]

Translingual

Glyph origin

One of the Chinese characters created by Empress Wu to demonstrate her power. She was said to have disliked how the traditional form contained 或, which she interpreted as meaning "mislead" (see 惑). In this form, this character consists of 四 (four, also acting as the 囗 enclosure) and 方 (direction).

Han character

圀 (radical 31, 囗+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 田金卜尸 (WCYS), composition ⿴四方)

References
  • KangXi: page 218, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4759
  • Dae Jaweon: page 446, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 718, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+5700

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 圀 – see 國 (“country; nation; nation-state; kingdom; capital; etc.”).
(This character, 圀, is a variant form of 國.)

Japanese

Kanji
圀

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. country

Readings
  • Go-on: こく (koku)
  • Kan-on: こく (koku)
  • Kun: くに (kuni, 圀)

Noun
Kanji in this term
圀
くに
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

圀 (hiragana くに, rōmaji kuni)

  1. Alternative form of 国: country

Usage notes

This is considered to be an ancient form and not used in modern Japanese, and therefore, is is used in personal names.

Korean

Hanja

圀 • (guk) (hangeul 국, revised guk, McCune–Reischauer kuk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

圀 (hữu)

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