嚿
Translingual
Han character
嚿 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+18, 21 strokes, cangjie input 口廿人難 (RTOX), composition ⿰口舊)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 214, character 28
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 705, character 15
- Unihan data for U+56BF
Chinese
trad. | 嚿 | |
---|---|---|
simp. | 𫩥 | |
alternative forms | 舊/旧 䊆 |
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声) : semantic 口 (“mouth; vernacular”) + phonetic 舊 (OC *ɡʷɯs).
Etymology
Bai (1980) derives this word from 䊆 (MC gjuwX).
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Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: gau6
- Yale: gauh
- Cantonese Pinyin: gau6
- Guangdong Romanization: geo6
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɐu̯²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: gau5
- Sinological IPA (key): /kau³²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Definitions
- (Cantonese) Classifier for pieces or chunks. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
- (Cantonese, colloquial) Classifier for money: hundred dollars
See also
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