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U+672B, 末
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-672B

[U+672A]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+672C]

Translingual

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Han character

(Kangxi radical 75, +1, 5 strokes, cangjie input 木十 (DJ), four-corner 50900, composition )

Derived characters

Descendants

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 509, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14420
  • Dae Jaweon: page 891, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1150, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+672B
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Ideogram (指事): a tree () with its top highlighted with an extra stroke, implying the meaning of “apex”; contrast , .

Etymology 1

Pronunciation


Note:
  • puei7 - vernacular;
  • buah7/buoh7 - literary.

  • Dialectal data
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Definitions

  1. tip; treetop
       shāo   tip; end
  2. (by extension) effect; result
       běn   cause and effect
  3. late or the last stage; conclusion; close
    Antonyms: (shǒu), (chū), (shǐ)
       yuè   month-end
       Míng Qīng chū   late-Ming and early-Qing era
    提到   wén tídào   Toward the end of the article, it was mentioned…
  4. final; the last; concluding; closing; terminal
    Antonyms: (shǒu), (chū), (shǐ)
       dài   the last (in one's lineage)
          doomsday; apocalypse
    時期时期   fǎ shíqī   Dharma-ending age
  5. insignificant; trivial; inferior; low-priority; low-class
    捨本逐舍本逐   shěběnzhú   pursuing the unimportant while neglecting the essential
  6. powder; fine particulate matter
       fěn   powder
  7. (literary, dated) not; none; no (negative indicator)
    Synonyms: (wèi), ,  /
  8. mo (a category of male roles in traditional Chinese theatre and opera)

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation 1



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Definitions

  1. Same as (me).

Pronunciation 2


Definitions

(Northern Wu)

  1. Used to mark a conditional subordinate clause.
    要是一家頭幫忙 [Shanghainese, trad.]
    要是一家头帮忙 [Shanghainese, simp.]
    5iau-zy 6non 7iq-ka-deu 6nau-veq-tau-meq 5ciau-gheq 6gnin 6le 1paon-maon [Wugniu]
    If you can’t carry it on your own, ask for someone to help.
  2. Used to mark the topic in a topic-comment construction.
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