埆
barren land
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Readings
On'yomi
- カク
Kun'yomi
- きそ.う
Meaning
埆 centers on land that is unproductive and hard: barren, infertile ground that yields little.
Study
Etymology
埆 combines 土 (earth, soil) with 角, which likely contributes the sound and may suggest hard, angular, or barren quality of the land.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side is earth 土, and the right side is horn 角. Picture hard, horn-like soil that is too tough to grow anything: barren land.
Reading mnemonic
For カク, imagine a barren field where every angle (カク) of the ground is hard and cracked: angle -> カク, and the land is barren.