See also:
U+9AC4, 髄
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9AC4

[U+9AC3]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9AC5]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 188, +9, 19 strokes, cangjie input 月月卜大月 (BBYKB) or 難月月卜大 (XBBYK), composition )

  1. bone marrow
  2. essences, substances

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1450, character 32
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45240
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4416, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+9AC4

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“bone marrow; pith; medulla; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Japanese

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. bone marrow

Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
ずい
Grade: S
kan’yōon
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese (MC sjweX, “bone marrow”). First appears in the late 800s, early 900s.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

(ずい) • (zui) 

  1. bone marrow
  2. the pith of a plant
  3. (figurative) the pith or essence of something, such as a skill or cultural thing

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
ずん
Grade: S
irregular
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Shift from zui above. First appears in the early 1700s.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [d͡zɨ̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

(ずん) • (zun) 

  1. (archaic, possibly obsolete) the center of something
  2. (archaic, possibly obsolete) something straight
  3. (archaic, possibly obsolete) an exact direction, an immediate area

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
なずき
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
なずき6
[noun] (archaic, anatomy) the brain
[noun] (archaic, by extension) the head
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
すね
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

From Old Japanese. Appears in the 新訳華厳経音義私記 (Shin'yaku Kegon-kyō Ongi Shiki, Private Record of Sounds and Meanings of the New Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra) of 794 CE.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sɨᵝne̞]

Noun

(すね) • (sune) 

  1. (archaic, possibly obsolete) bone marrow

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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