鞬

Han character

 * 1) a leather case for bow and arrow

Etymology
Probably inflecting stem + gerundive, the latter being attested as 🇨🇬.

Connected to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 > 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) big, great

Reconstruction notes
Attested as in , as part of a compound word.

Attested primarily in compounds as or sometimes  in kana glosses to the . may be a transcription of because Old Japanese lacked coda, or alternatively a transcription of the sequence  "the great one"; compare 🇨🇬. Also attested in the original text as.

Perhaps also attested as, an element in the titles of several Baekje kings: , , etc. These titles are also attested in forms that lack 近, showing that it is a separate, detachable element.

Glyph origin
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Kanji

 * 1) quiver on a horse
 * 2) store

Hanja

 * 1) a leather case for bow and arrow
 * 2) bundle