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U+8D05, 贅
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8D05

[U+8D04]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8D06]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 154, +11, 18 strokes, cangjie input 土大月山金 (GKBUC), four-corner 48806, composition )

Descendants

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1211, character 47
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36908
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1677, character 37
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3653, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+8D05

Chinese

More information trad., simp. ...

Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 贅, Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) ...

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): (ramble; travel) + (money) – "money that goes away and ought to be taken back" – originally meaning a kind of collateral, or pawn. later was borrowed for sound to signify "belonging; attachment; linking", which is closer to the modern meaning of "superfluous".

Pronunciation


Note:
  • chòe/chuì - literary;
  • chè - vernacular.

    More information Rime, Character ...
    More information Zhengzhang system (2003), Character ...

    Definitions

    1. unnecessary, superfluous
    2. to marry into and live with one's wife's family

    Compounds

    References

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