㓞

See also: 契

㓞 U+34DE, 㓞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-34DE ← 㓝 [U+34DD] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 㓟 → [U+34DF]

Translingual

Han character

㓞 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 手十尸竹 (QJSH), composition ⿰丰刀)

Derived characters

• 契, 恝, 挈, 栔, 洯, 絜, 蛪, 觢, 齧/𪘂, 㗉, 㛃, 㸷, 㼤, 䂮, 䛚, 𫩬, 𡊷, 𡬨, 𠜵, 𢍆, 𣭭, 𣳱, 𤟐, 𦄜, 𦕥, 𦚨, 𦾅, 𧑨, 𧻘, 𨀦, 𨴒, 𪀡

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 137, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 324, character 11
• Unihan data for U+34DE

Chinese

simp. and trad.		㓞
alternative forms		𠛉

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 㓞
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : phonetic 丯 (OC *kreːds) + semantic 刀 (“knife”) – to engrave.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qià (qia⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kaai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qià
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cià
    • Wade–Giles: chʻia⁴
    • Yale: chyà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiah
    • Palladius: ця (cja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kaai³
    • Yale: kaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: kai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaːi̯³³/

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• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʰˤret/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	㓞
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qià
Middle Chinese	‹ khɛt ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʰˁret/
English	skillful engraving (Shuōwén)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Definitions

㓞

1. (obsolete) to engrave; to carve
2. Original form of 契 (qì, “written contract; agreement”).