乏
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[edit] Translingual
[edit] Etymology
Originally Ideogrammic compound (會意): 止 (“foot”) + 一 – a foot (止) running into a wall or barrier (一), indicating lack, incomplete. Compare 正 (“complete”).
Present form cursive simplification: 止 simplified to 之, 一 changed to 丿; compare semi-cursive 疋.
[edit] Han character
乏 (radical 4 丿+4, 5 strokes, cangjie input 竹戈弓人 (HINO), four-corner 20307, composition ⿱丿之)
- lack
- poor
[edit] Related characters
[edit] References
- KangXi: page 82, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 133
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 34, character 3
- Unihan data for U+4E4F
[edit] Cantonese
[edit] Hanzi
乏 (Yale fat6)
[edit] Japanese
[edit] Kanji
[edit] Readings
[edit] Korean
[edit] Hanja
乏
Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 핍 (revised: pip, McCune-Reischauer: p'ip)
- Name (hangeul): 모자랄 (revised: mojaral, McCune-Reischauer: mojaral)
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[edit] Mandarin
[edit] Hanzi
乏 (pinyin fá (fa2), luò (luo4), yào (yao4), yuè (yue4), Wade-Giles fa2, lo4, yao4, yüeh4)
[edit] Compounds
[edit] Middle Chinese
[edit] Han character
乏 (bhiæp)
[edit] Vietnamese
[edit] Han character
乏 (phạp)
