擬

See also 儗, and 拟

Translingual

simpl.		拟
trad.		擬

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 疑 – to draw up a plan, writing by hand.

Han character

擬 (radical 64 手+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 手心大人 (QPKO), four-corner 5708₁, composition ⿰扌疑)

1. draft
2. intend, plan, propose

Descendants

• 拟

References

• KangXi: page 460, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12870
• Dae Jaweon: page 809, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1975, character 4
• Unihan data for U+64EC

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Cantonese

Hanzi

擬 (simplified 拟, jyutping ji4, ji5, Yale yi4, yi5)

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Japanese

Kanji

擬 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: ぎ (gi)
• Kun: なぞらえる (nazoraeru), はかる (hakaru), まがい (magai)

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Korean

Hanja

擬 (hangeul 의, revised ui, McCune-Reischauer ŭi, Yale uy)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

擬 (simplified 拟, pinyin nǐ (ni3), Wade-Giles ni³)