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[edit] Translingual

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[edit] Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic  + semantic  (earth) – a foundation of earth.

Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script

[edit] Han character

(radical 32 +8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿金土 (TCG), four-corner 44104, composition)

  1. foundation, base

[edit] References

  • KangXi: page 231, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5197
  • Dae Jaweon: page 468, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 449, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+57FA

[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

(Yale gei1)

  1. base
  2. (slang) gay

[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. base
  2. be based on

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[edit] Proper noun

(hiragana もとい, romaji Motoi)

  1. A male given name
  2. A surname.

[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

(hangeul , revised gi, McCune-Reischauer ki)


[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

(pinyin (ji1), sǎo (sao3), Wade-Giles chi1, sao3)

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[edit] Min Nan

[edit] Hanzi

(POJ ki)


[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

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