墟

Glyph origin
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Etymology

 * "ruin"
 * Possibly a nominal derivation, with *k- prefix, from, maybe related to 🇨🇬. Perhaps not related to  "mound, hill" (contra ).


 * "market"
 * A Yuè (越) dialectal word, which also occurs in some Tai languages such as 🇨🇬 . It also occurs in some Min dialects; reconstructs Proto-Southern Min *hɯ1.

Definitions

 * 1) ruin
 * 2)  village
 * 3) fair; market
 * 1) fair; market

Kanji

 * 1) ruins

Compounds

 * : ruins, abandoned building

Usage notes
Rarely replaced by 虚 in modern usage.