岬

岬 U+5CAC, 岬
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5CAC
← 岫
[U+5CAB] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 岭 →
[U+5CAD]

Translingual

Han character

岬 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 山田中 (UWL), four-corner 26750, composition ⿰山甲)

  1. cape
  2. promontory, headland

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 309, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7992
  • Dae Jaweon: page 609, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 766, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+5CAC

Chinese
trad. 岬
simp. # 岬
alternative forms 𥑐

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (甲) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
笚 *ʔl'aːb, *ɡraːb
閘 *klaːb, *sɡreːb, *qraːb
鉀 *klaːb, *kraːb
甲 *kraːb
胛 *kraːb
岬 *kraːb
押 *kraːb, *qraːb
玾 *kraːb
呷 *qʰraːb
匣 *ɡraːb
狎 *ɡraːb
柙 *ɡraːb
翈 *ɡraːb
炠 *ɡraːb
鴨 *qraːb
庘 *qraːb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kraːb) : semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 甲 (OC *kraːb).

Pronunciation

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 岬
Reading # 1/1
No. 5933
Phonetic
component		 甲
Rime
group		 盍
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 甲
Old
Chinese		 /*kraːb/
Notes 廣韻作石旁集韻或作岬

Definitions

岬

  1. side of a mountain
  2. (geography) cape
    Synonyms: 角, 海角 (hǎijiǎo)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji
岬

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. peninsula; promontory; cape; spit
    Synonym: 崎

Readings

Etymology
Kanji in this term
岬
みさき
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
崎
碕 (rare)

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720.[1]

Analyzable as a compound of み (mi, see below) +‎ 先 (saki, “tip, point; promontory”).[1][2][3][4][5][6]

The mi prefix is likely the honorific prefix 御 (mi-), and the term misaki is attested explicitly with the spelling 御碕 (mi-saki) in the Nihon Shoki.[1]

Alternative theories as to the identity of the み (mi) include:

  • 水 (mi, “water”, bound prefix form of 水 (mizu)), although the semantics this suggests may instead mean “water tip”, i.e. a jutting-out of water, not of land — an inlet.
  • Shift from 海 (umi, “sea”), with the same consideration as above.

Pronunciation

Noun

岬(みさき) • (misaki) 

  1. [from 720] (geography) cape, promontory, point
    襟(えり)裳(も)岬(みさき)
    Erimo-misaki
    Cape Erimo

References
  1. “岬・崎・碕”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. “岬”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  4. 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
  5. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  6. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  7. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

岬 • (gap) (hangeul 갑, revised gap, McCune–Reischauer kap)

  1. cape, headland

Vietnamese

Han character

岬: Hán Nôm readings: giáp

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