汢

汢 U+6C62, 汢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C62 ← 污 [U+6C61] CJK Unified Ideographs 汣 → [U+6C63]

Translingual

Han character

汢 (Kangxi radical 85, 水みず+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 水みず土ど (EG) or 難なん難なん水みず土ど (XXEG), composition ⿰氵土ど)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 607, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 3, page 1551, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6C62

Japanese

Glyph origin 1

Simplified from 泏 (出で → 土ど).

Kanji

汢

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. Only used in the placename 汢の川かわ, 汢川 (Nutanogawa).

Usage notes

• The correct form may be "⿰冫土".
  • "⿰冫𡈽" has also appeared as an alternative form of this character.
  • Nutanogawa is currently officially spelled with 汢 due to the convenience of it being included in the JIS character encoding.

Readings

• Kun: ぬた (nuta); ぬる (nuru)

Glyph origin 2

Abbreviation of 浄土じょうど (jōdo, “the Pure Land”) found in esoteric Buddhism.

Kanji

汢

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. (rare, obsolete) Abbreviation of 浄土じょうど (jōdo, “the Pure Land”).

Readings

• Kun: じょうど (jōdo)

References

• Dictionary of Japanese-created Kanji 2014 (和製わせい漢字かんじの辞典じてん2014) (entry #1192)
• Family Register Unified Characters (戸籍こせき統一とういつ文字もじ) 193850
• Sanseido Word-Wise Web: 漢字かんじの現在げんざい 第だい166回かい 「汢」に歴史れきしあり