圦

圦 U+5726, 圦
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5726
← 圥
[U+5725] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 圧 →
[U+5727]

Translingual

Han character

圦 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 土人 (GO), composition ⿰土入)

  1. (kokuji) water gate, spout

Further reading
  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 223, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4879
  • Dae Jaweon: page 455, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 417, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+5726

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 圦

Glyph origin

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 圦.

Etymology

As 塊／块 (kuài).

Pronunciation

Definitions

圦

  1. Used in borrowings of Japanese words.

References

Japanese

Glyph origin

A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”)

Kanji
圦

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. something underground

Readings
  • Kun: いり (iri, 圦)
  • Nanori: ふせ (fuse)

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
圦
いり
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Clipping of 圦樋 (irihi), from 入(い)り (iri, “entering, entrance”) + 樋(ひ) (hi, “sluice gate”). Literally, “sluice gate underground (in the ground)”.

Pronunciation

Noun

圦(いり) • (iri) 

  1. (hydrology) underground sluice
    Synonyms: 水門 (suimon), 樋口 (higuchi)

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
圦
ふせ
Hyōgaiji
nanori

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝse̞]

Proper noun

圦(ふせ) • (Fuse) 

  1. a surname

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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