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U+76CD, 盍
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-76CD

[U+76CC]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+76CE]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 108, +5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 土戈月廿 (GIBT), four-corner 40107, composition )

  1. what? why not?

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 794, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22980
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1209, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2559, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+76CD
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Original form of . Pictogram (象形), a container and its lid.

Etymology

From the fusion of 何不 (OC *ɡaːl pɯ, “why not”).

Pronunciation



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Definitions

  1. (Classical) why; how
  2. (Classical) why not
  3. used in 盍簪
  4. used in 盍旦
  5. Original form of (gài, “to cover”).
  6. a surname

Compounds

  • 昌盍
  • 盍各
  • 盍旦 (hédàn)
  • 盍簪
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