𦧺

𦧺 U+269FA, 𦧺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-269FA ← 𦧹 [U+269F9] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B 𦧻 → [U+269FB]

Translingual

Han character

𦧺 (Kangxi radical 135, 舌+16, 22 strokes, cangjie input 竹口木中金 (HRDLC), four-corner 2768, composition ⿰舌賴)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1008, character 6
• Unihan data for U+269FA

Chinese

trad.		𦧺
simp.		𫇘
alternative forms		舐 奶

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 舌 (“tongue”) + phonetic 賴.

Etymology

The vernacular reading of 舐, which preserves the Old Chinese initial *l-.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laai²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: laai²
    • Yale: láai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lai²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːi̯³⁵/

Definitions

𦧺 (Cantonese)

1. (transitive) to lick
2. (figurative, slang, transitive) to suck up to; to brownnose

   𦧺共／𫇘共 [Cantonese]  ―  laai² gung⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  to suck up to the Communist Party of China

Usage notes

• (to suck up to): Often takes objects that are abbreviated forms, as shown in the example. More often written as 奶.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 舔 (“to lick”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		舐
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		舔
Mandarin	Beijing	舔
	Taiwan	舔
	Jinan	舔
	Wanrong	舔
	Xi'an	舔
	Xining	舔
	Wuhan	舔
	Chengdu	舔
	Guilin	舔
	Yangzhou	舔
	Hefei	舔
	Singapore	舔
Cantonese	Guangzhou	𦧺, 舔, 舐
	Hong Kong	𦧺, 舔
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	舔, 𦧺
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	舔
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	𦧺
	Taishan	舐, 舔
	Dongguan	舐
	Yangjiang	舐, 舔
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	𦧺
	Singapore (Guangfu)	𦧺
Gan	Nanchang	舔
Hakka	Meixian	舐
	Xingning	舐
	Huidong (Daling)	舐
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	舐
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	舐
	Changting	舐
	Wuping	舐
	Wuping (Pingyu)	舐
	Liancheng	舐
	Ninghua	舐
	Ruijin	舐
	Shicheng	舐
	Shangyou (Shexi)	舐
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	舐
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	舐
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	舐
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	舐
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	舐
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	㐁
	Hong Kong	舐
	Senai (Huiyang)	舐
Jin	Taiyuan	舔
	Xinzhou	舔涮
Northern Min	Jian'ou	狧
	Songxi	狧
	Zhenghe	狧
	Jianyang	狧
	Wuyishan	狧
	Pucheng (Shibei)	狧
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	𩞨
	Changle	𩞨
	Fuqing	𩞨
	Yongtai	𩞨
	Gutian	𩞨
	Fu'an	𩞨
	Ningde	𩞨
	Shouning	𩞨
	Zhouning	𩞨
	Fuding	𩞨
Southern Min	Xiamen	舐
	Quanzhou	舐
	Yongchun	舐
	Zhangzhou	舐, 哴
	Penang (Hokkien)	jilat
	Manila (Hokkien)	舐
	Longyan	舐
	Chaozhou	舐
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	舐
	Haikou	舐
	Tunchang	舐
Wu	Shanghai	舔
	Shanghai (Chongming)	舔
	Suzhou	舔
	Hangzhou	舔
	Ningbo	舔
	Wenzhou	舔, 舐
Xiang	Changsha	舔
	Shuangfeng	舔

Compounds

• 𦧺嘢／𫇘嘢