彁

彁 U+5F41, 彁
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F41
← 彀
[U+5F40] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 彂 →
[U+5F42]

Translingual

Han character

彁 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 弓一口口 (NMRR), composition ⿰弓哥)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 360, character 30
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 2, page 1001, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5F41

Japanese

Glyph origin

A 幽(ゆう)霊(れい)文(も)字(じ) (yūrei moji, “ghost character”), mistaken character which is registered in character code for Japanese, JIS X 0208).[1]

In one case, a possible usage of 彁 was determined to be a fluke resulting from poor scan quality; the original text read 彊.[2]

Kanji

彁

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain.

Usage notes

  • It has seen increased usage in creative works since the early 2020s because of its mysterious nature.

Readings

  • Kan’yō-on: せい (sei)、か (ka)

References

  1. What are the Yūrei Moji or Ghost Kanji? - SLJ FAQ
  1. ^ Lunde, Kevin (2009) CJKV information processing‎[1], O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 178
  2. ^ Hiruma, Naokazu (5 September 2011) “大正十二年の幽霊文字 [The Ghost Characters of Taishō 12]”, in The Asahi‎[2] (in Japanese)
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