Translingual

Han character

卍 (radical 24 十+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 弓X (NX), four-corner 1221₇)

References

• KangXi: page 156, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2724
• Dae Jaweon: page 356, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 51, character 15
• Unihan data for U+534D

Chinese

Pronunciation

Definitions

卍

1. swastika

See also

• 卐 (wàn)

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: もん (mon)
• Kan’on: ばん (ban)
• Kan’yōon: まん (man)
• Kun: まんじ (manji)

Etymology

From the on'yomi readings of 卍字 or 万字.^[1]

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) まんじ [màńjí] (Heiban - [0])^[2]
• (Tokyo) ま​んじ [máꜜǹjì] (Atamadaka - [1])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [mã̠nd͡ʑi]

Alternative forms

• 卍字

Noun

卍 ‎(hiragana まんじ, romaji manji)

1. swastika, especially a counterclockwise swastika^[3]
2. (cartography) indicates a temple on maps

Synonyms

• 鉤 (かぎ)十 (じゅう)字 (じ) ‎(kagijūji)
• ハーケンクロイツ ‎(hākenkuroitsu)

Derived terms

• 卍 (まんじ)巴 (ともえ) ‎(manjitomoe)
• 卍 (まんじ)崩 (くず)し組 (く)み子 (こ) ‎(manjikuzushikumiko)

References

1. ↑ The Japanese Wikipedia
2. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
3. ↑ 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Hanja

卍 • ‎(man) (hangeul 만, McCune-Reischauer man)

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Vietnamese

Han character

卍 (vạn)

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