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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 98 +3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 一弓竹十 (MNHJ), composition)

References

  • KangXi: not present, would follow page 748, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21450
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1156, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1422, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+74E9

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意) :  (gram) +  (one thousand). Japanese-coined kokuji during the Meiji period in terms within the metric system.

Pronunciation


Noun

  1. (dated) Symbol for 千瓦 (qiānwǎ, “kilowatt”).

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. (dated) Symbol for kilogram.

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(cheon) (hangeul , revised cheon, McCune-Reischauer ch'ŏn, Yale chen)

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