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Glyph origin
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Etymology
From (STEDT).

Definitions

 * 1) class; group; kind; category
 * 2)  class
 * 3)  class
 * 1)  class
 * 2)  class
 * 1)  class
 * 1)  class

Kanji

 * 1) kind, sort, type, class, genus, order, family
 * 2) similar example, parallel

Usage notes

 * As in historical readings "", "", "", and "", most dictionaries do not have "" as a historical reading for . According to historical data, the on-reading of is the modern "". However, the Dai Kanwa Jiten has the "るゐ" and related -wi historical on-readings.

Noun

 * 1) kind, sort, type, the like
 * 2) a similar thing, parallel
 * 3)  a conventional grouping that corresponds to a class or an order
 * 1)  a conventional grouping that corresponds to a class or an order