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U+4FA0, 侠
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FA0

[U+4F9F]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4FA1]
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Translingual

Han character

(radical 9 +6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人大廿 (OKT), composition)

  1. chivalrous person
  2. knight-errant

References

  • KangXi: not present, would follow page 102, character 29
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 625
  • Dae Jaweon: page 218, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 147, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+4FA0

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see .
(This character, , is the simplified form of .)
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

  • On: きょう (kyō)
  • Kun: おとこだて (otokodate), きゃん (kyan)

Noun

(hiragana きゃん, romaji kyan)

  1. tomboy, a young woman who is indiscreet

Synonyms

  • お侠