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𢬿

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𢬿 U+22B3F, 𢬿
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-22B3F
𢬾
[U+22B3E]
CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B 𢭀
[U+22B40]

Translingual

Han character

𢬿 (Kangxi radical 64, +7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 手戈廿 (QIT), composition )

References

Chinese

Etymology 1

More information simp. and trad., alternative forms ...
This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Related to Hakka (khâi)?”

Pronunciation


Definitions

𢬿

  1. (Cantonese, dated in standard Cantonese, still used in Taishanese) to take; to hold
    • 1877, Ernest John Eitel, A Chinese Dictionary in the Cantonese Dialect, London: Trübner and Co., page 211:
      𢬿乜野 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
      nei5 sau2 kaai5 mat1 je5 [Jyutping]
      what have you in your hand?
  2. (Cantonese, dated in standard Cantonese, still used in Taishanese) to use (as an instrument)
  3. (Cantonese, dated in standard Cantonese) Placed before the object of a sentence to allow it to be placed before the verb.
Synonyms

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 𢬿 – see (“(Cantonese) a wedge of fruit”).
(This character is a variant form of ).
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