𠜺

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): phonetic 戾 (OC *rɯːds, *rɯːd) + semantic 刂 (“knife”).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		𠜺
alternative forms		剺

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): le̍h / le̍eh

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: le̍h
    • Tâi-lô: le̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: leh
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /leʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /leʔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: le̍eh
    • Tâi-lô: le̍eh
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɛʔ¹²¹/

Definitions

𠜺 (Hokkien)

1. to slice open without cutting through

   𠜺腹肚 [Hokkien]  ―  le̍h pak-tó͘ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to slit open the abdomen

2. to score (make a cut on a surface)

   花枝先𠜺花才落去炒。 [Hokkien, trad. and simp.]

   Hoe-ki seng le̍h hoe chiah lo̍h-khì chhá. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   Cut the squid into flowers first, then stir-fry them.

3. Classifier for knife wounds.

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		𠜺

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): la̍h

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍h
    • Tâi-lô: la̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lah
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /laʔ¹²¹/

Definitions

𠜺 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)

1. to cut apart; to separate; to isolate

Synonyms

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• 分割 (fēngē)
• 割
• 割裂 (gēliè)
• 決裂 / 决裂 (juéliè) (archaic)

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 𠜺 – see 列 (“to tear apart; to break up; to separate; to split; etc.”). (This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as an unorthodox form of 列).

References

• “𠜺”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00335-002