摀

See also: 捂

摀 U+6440, 摀 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6440 ← 搿 [U+643F] CJK Unified Ideographs 摁 → [U+6441]

Translingual

Han character

摀 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 手竹口火 (QHRF), four-corner 5702₇, composition ⿰扌烏)

Derived characters

• 𡀴

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 449, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12555
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1935, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6440

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 烏
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (烏) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
烏	*qaː
嗚	*qaː
鰞	*qaː
歍	*qaː
鎢	*qaː
瑦	*qaː, *qaːʔ
鄔	*qaː, *qaːʔ, *qas
螐	*qaː
隖	*qaːʔ
塢	*qaːʔ, *qaːs
溩	*qaːʔ

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 摀 – see 捂 (“to cover with a hand”). (This character is a variant form of 捂).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 摀 – see 揣 (“to speculate; to guess; to measure; to estimate; to assess; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 揣).

Etymology 3

trad.		摀
simp.		𰓆
alternative forms		挖

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ó͘ / óe

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ó͘
    • Tâi-lô: óo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: or
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /ɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óe
    • Tâi-lô: ué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oea
    • IPA (Taipei): /ue⁵³/

Definitions

摀

1. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore and Taiwanese Hokkien) to dig

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 挖 (“to dig”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		挖
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	挖
	Malaysia	挖
	Singapore	挖
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	挖
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	掘
	Xi'an	挖
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	挖
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	挖
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	挖
Cantonese	Guangzhou	掘
	Hong Kong	掘
Gan	Nanchang	挖
	Pingxiang	挖
Jin	Taiyuan	挖
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	掘
Southern Min	Xiamen	搤, 摀, 挖
	Quanzhou	搤, 挖
	Jinjiang	搤
	Zhangzhou	摀, 挖
	Tainan	搤, 摀
	Singapore (Hokkien)	搤, 摀
	Manila (Hokkien)	搤
	Leizhou	掘
	Haikou	掘
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	挖
Wu	Shanghai	掘
	Shanghai (Chongming)	挖
	Suzhou	掘
	Wenzhou	掘
	Jinhua	掘

Compounds

• 摀塗 / 𰓆涂
• 摀心肝 / 𰓆心肝
• 摀秤頭 / 𰓆秤头
• 摀空 / 𰓆空
• 摀耳屎 / 𰓆耳屎

Etymology 4

trad.		摀
simp.		𰓆
alternative forms		烏／乌

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹ / wu³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wu¹ / wu³
    • Yale: wū / wu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹ / wu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu¹ / wu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵/, /wuː³³/

Note:

• wu1 - Hong Kong;
• wu3 - Guangzhou.

Definitions

摀

1. (Cantonese) to bend forward; to stoop

   摀低身／𰓆低身 [Cantonese]  ―  wu¹ dai¹ san¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to bend down

   摀前個頭／𰓆前个头 [Cantonese]  ―  wu¹ cin⁴ go³ tau⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  to bend head forward

Vietnamese

Han character

摀: Hán Nôm readings: ô

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References

• Nom Foundation