Free Online Kanji Etymology Dictionary
(A comprehensive Free Online Kanji Etymology Dictionary for the Web)
An Etymological Dictionary of Chinese Character Interpretations
By Lawrence J. Howell and Hikaru Morimoto
– Covering more than 6,500 Chinese characters as used in Japan –
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Kanji Search Results
艮 (6)
コン ; ゴン
うしとら
SIS 
SIS is 目 eye + 匕 double-pronged eating implement → blade adhering to the eye of a slave who is blinded in having it gouged out. Northeast (as a direction in the zodiac) is a borrowed meaning.
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