嚿
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Translingual edit
Han character edit
嚿 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+18 in traditional Chinese, 口+17 in simplified Chinese, 21 strokes in traditional Chinese, 20 strokes in simplified Chinese, cangjie input 口廿人難 (RTOX), composition ⿰口舊)
References edit
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 214, character 28
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 705, character 15
- Unihan data for U+56BF
Chinese edit
Glyph origin edit
Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声) : semantic 口 (“mouth; vernacular”) + phonetic 舊.
Etymology 1 edit
trad. | 嚿 | |
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simp. # | 嚿 | |
nonstandard simp. | 𫩥 | |
alternative forms | 舊/旧 䊆 倃 |
Bai (1980) proposes that this word comes from 䊆 (MC gjuwX, “cooked dry rice flour”).
Pronunciation edit
Definitions edit
嚿
- (Cantonese) Classifier for pieces or chunks. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
- (Cantonese, colloquial) Classifier for money: hundred dollars/yuan
See also edit
Compounds edit
Etymology 2 edit
trad. | 嚿 | |
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simp. # | 嚿 | |
nonstandard simp. | 𫩥 |
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “正字通 says it's the same as 嚄”)
Pronunciation edit
Definitions edit
嚿
- ‡ to boast