Translingual

Han character

渉 (radical 85 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水卜中竹 (EYLH) or X水卜中竹 (XEYLH))

1. ford stream

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 633, character 37
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17749
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 8 (in addendum), page 23, character 20
• Unihan data for U+6E09

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. to ford a body of water
2. to cross a body of water

Readings

• Goon: じょう (jō) (non-Jōyō reading), (historical) ぜふ (zefu), ちょう (chō) (non-Jōyō reading), (historical) てふ (tefu)
• Kan’on: しょう (shō), (historical) せふ (sefu), ちょう (chō) (non-Jōyō reading), (historical) てふ (tefu)
• Kun: わたる (渉る, wataru)
• Nanori: えん (en)

Compounds

Etymology

Nominalization of the verb 渉る ‎(wataru, “to ford or otherwise cross a body of water”).

Proper noun

渉 ‎(hiragana わたる, romaji Wataru)

1. A male given name

Korean

Hanja

渉 • ‎(seop) (hangeul 섭, revised seop, McCune-Reischauer sŏp, Yale sep)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

渉 ‎(Pinyin shè (she4), Wade-Giles she⁴)

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