Translingual

Han character

漆 (radical 85 水+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 水木人水 (EDOE), four-corner 3413₂, composition ⿰氵桼)

References

• KangXi: page 644, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18108
• Dae Jaweon: page 1053, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1716, character 9
• Unihan data for U+6F06

Chinese

Glyph origin

Pronunciation

Definitions

漆

1. varnish tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum)
2. varnish, lacquer, paint

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: しち (shichi) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kan’on: しつ (shitsu)
• Kun: うるし (urushi)
• Nanori: うる (uru)

Etymology

漆 (urushi): a traditional red lacquerware serving set.

Appears to be derived from Old Japanese root uru, as in terms such as classical Japanese 潤う ‎(urufu) → modern 潤う ‎(uruou, “to be moist”), うるうる ‎(uruuru, “wetly, moistly”, adverb). Probably from the way that a lacquered surface glistens as if wet.

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) うるし [ùrúshí] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɯᵝɾ̠ɯᵝɕi]

Noun

漆 ‎(hiragana うるし, romaji urushi)

1. lacquer, varnish
2. Toxicodendron vernicifluum, the lacquer tree

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Korean

Hanja

漆 • ‎(chil) (hangeul 칠, revised chil, McCune-Reischauer ch'il, Yale chil)

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Vietnamese

Han character

漆 (tất)

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