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Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic  + phonetic 𢦔

Han character

(radical 86 +6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十戈火 (JIF))

  1. calamities from Heaven, as floods, famines, pestilence, etc.
  2. misery

References

  • KangXi: page 670, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19008
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1079, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2198, character 16
  • Unihan data for U+70D6

Cantonese

Hanzi

(Yale joi1)


Japanese

Kanji

Readings


Mandarin

Hanzi

(pinyin (ge2), lào (lao4), zāi (zai1), Wade-Giles ko2, lao4, tsai1)

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