Translingual

Han character

圕 (radical 31 囗+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 田中土日 (WLGA), composition ⿴囗書)

1. library

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 220, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4829
• Dae Jaweon: page 452, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 1, page 724, character 11
• Unihan data for U+5715

Chinese

Glyph origin

Borrowing from Japanese.

Etymology

Monosyllabic tuān reading by contraction of polysyllabic túshūguǎn, from 圖書館, taking initial and final sounds, with tone from middle syllable.

Pronunciation

Noun

圕

1. (obscure) library

Usage notes

圕 is one of the few standardized polysyllabic Chinese characters used in Mandarin, but it never gained widespread acceptance within China, where it is thought of as a Japanese kokuji. The character was also much more common in Japan, where it appeared in the name of library science journal 圕研究 Toshokan Kenkyū.^[1][2]

References

1. ↑ "Toshokan to iu moji"
2. ↑ "Kokuji no sekai, netto ni hiraku"

Japanese

Glyph origin

Created by Chinese library sciences expert Du Dingyou (杜定友) in Japan in the early 20th century by combining the 圖 and 書 of 圖書館.

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. (obscure) library

Readings

• On: としょかん (toshokan), しょ (sho)

Noun

圕 ‎(hiragana としょかん, romaji toshokan)

1. library