凧

凧	U+51E7, 凧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-51E7

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[U+51E6]

CJK Unified Ideographs

凨 →
[U+51E8]

Translingual

Han character

凧 (Kangxi radical 16, 几+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 竹弓中月 (HNLB), composition ⿵𠘨巾)

Derived characters

𬽳, 𥦻

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 134, character 8
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1749
Dae Jaweon: page 299, character 19
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 276, character 11
Unihan data for U+51E7

Japanese

Glyph origin

A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”).

Kanji

凧

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Readings

Kun: たこ (tako, 凧)、いかのぼり (ikanobori, 凧)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
凧
たこ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
紙鳶

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) たこ [táꜜkò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ta̠ko̞]

Noun

凧(たこ) • (tako)

kite (a tethered object lifted by wind)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
凧
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
紙鳶

From 烏賊(いか) (ika, “squid”), due to kites looking like squids.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いか [ìká] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ika̠]

Noun

凧(いか) • (ika)

(Kansai) kite

Synonyms

凧(たこ) (tako)
凧(いかのぼり) (ikanobori)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
凧
いかのぼり Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
紙鳶

烏賊(いか) (ika, “squid”) + 幟(のぼり) (nobori, “flag, banner”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いかのぼり [ìkánóꜜbòrì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ika̠no̞bo̞ɾʲi]

Noun

凧(いかのぼり) • (ikanobori)

kite

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
凧
はた Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

From 旗(はた) (hata, “flag”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はた [hàtáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ha̠ta̠]

Noun

凧(はた) • (hata)

kite

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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