㞎

㞎 U+378E, 㞎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-378E ← 㞍 [U+378D] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 㞏 → [U+378F]

Translingual

Han character

㞎 (Kangxi radical 44, 尸+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 尸日山 (SAU), composition ⿸尸巴)

Derived characters

• 𨹣, 𣜺

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 300, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 967, character 6
• Unihan data for U+378E

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 尸 (“body”) + phonetic 巴.

The choosing of 尸 (shī) radical is seemingly influenced by character 屎 (“faeces”).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		㞎
alternative forms		粑

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): bǎ (ba³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ba³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎ
    • Wade–Giles: pa³
    • Yale: bǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baa
    • Palladius: ба (ba)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä²¹⁴/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ba³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: baa
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa⁵³/

Definitions

㞎

1. (dialectal Mandarin, often childish) dung; faeces; excrement
2. (dialectal Mandarin) to excrete; to take a dump

Synonyms

• (dung): 屎 (shǐ)

Compounds

• 㞎㞎 (bǎba)
• 㞎屎
• 屎㞎㞎 (shǐbǎba)
• 屙㞎
• 屙㞎㞎

 

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		㞎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pā (pa¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pā
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pa
    • Wade–Giles: pʻa¹
    • Yale: pā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pa
    • Palladius: па (pa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰä⁵⁵/

Definitions

㞎

1. (dialectal Mandarin) Classifier for piles of excrement.