浬

See also: 里
浬 U+6D6C, 浬
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6D6C
← 浫
[U+6D6B] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 浭 →
[U+6D6D]

Translingual

Han character

浬 (radical 85, 水+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 水田土 (EWG), four-corner 36114, composition ⿰氵里)

References
  • KangXi: page 624, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17485
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1022, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1623, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+6D6C

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 浬

Pronunciation

Definitions

浬

  1. (dated) nautical mile
Synonyms

Pronunciation

Definitions

浬

  1. Only used in 泥浬.

Japanese

Kanji
浬

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. nautical mile (unit of distance)
  2. knot (unit of speed)

Readings
  • Go-on: り (ri)
  • Kan-on: り (ri)
  • Kun: かいり (kairi, 浬); ノット (notto, 浬)

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
浬
り
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Probably from Middle Chinese 浬; however, the 浬 character does not appear in ancient texts.

Pronunciation

Noun

浬 (hiragana り, rōmaji ri)

  1. a nautical mile: the length of roughly one minute of latitude, 1,852 meters

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
浬
かいり
Jinmeiyō
Irregular

From Middle Chinese compound 海里 (MC hʌiX lɨX, literally “sea, ocean + unit of distance”). The single-kanji spelling is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation
  • (Irregular reading)

Alternative forms

Noun

浬 (hiragana かいり, rōmaji kairi)

  1. a nautical mile: the length of roughly one minute of latitude, 1,852 meters

Etymology 3
Kanji in this term
浬
のっと
Jinmeiyō
Irregular

Borrowed from English knot (unit of speed).[2][1] The kanji spelling is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation
  • (Irregular reading)

Alternative forms

Noun

浬 (katakana ノット, rōmaji notto)

  1. a knot: a nautical unit of speed, one nautical mile per hour
Usage notes

The katakana spelling ノット is more common in modern Japanese than either kanji spelling of 浬 or 節.

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

Korean

Hanja

浬 • (ri>i) (hangeul 리>이, revised ri>i, McCune–Reischauer ri>i, Yale li>i)

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Vietnamese

Han character

浬 (rí, lí)

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