揈

See also: 㧦

揈 U+63C8, 揈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63C8 ← 揇 [U+63C7] CJK Unified Ideographs 揉 → [U+63C9]

Translingual

Han character

揈 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 手心卜口 (QPYR), four-corner 5702₀, composition ⿰扌訇)

Related characters

• 㧦 (Orthodox form of 揈 when pronounced "xuàn" in Mandarin)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 441, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12329
• Dae Jaweon: page 792, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1922, character 6
• Unihan data for U+63C8

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (匀) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
枃	*skins
笉	*skʰinʔ
郇	*ɡʷreːn, *sqʰʷin
絢	*qʰʷiːns
眴	*qʰʷiːns, *ɡʷiːns, *sqʰʷin, *qʰʷjins, *ŋʷjin
盷	*ɡʷiːn
訇	*ɡʷiːn, *qʰʷreːŋ
迿	*ɡʷiːns, *sqʰʷins
姰	*ɡʷiːns, *sqʰʷin
畇	*l'iːŋ, *sqʰʷin, *sɢʷin, *ɢʷin
荀	*sqʰʷin
詢	*sqʰʷin
洵	*sqʰʷin, *sɢʷin
恂	*sqʰʷin
峋	*sqʰʷin
珣	*sqʰʷin
槆	*sqʰʷin
筍	*sqʰʷinʔ
箰	*sqʰʷinʔ
旬	*sɢʷin
殉	*sɢʷins
徇	*sɢʷins
侚	*sɢʷins
均	*kʷin
鈞	*kʷin
袀	*kʷin
汮	*kʷin, *kʷrin
呁	*kʷins
筠	*ɡʷin
荺	*ɢʷin, *ɡʷinʔ
匀	*ɢʷin
韵	*ɢʷins
輷	*qʰʷreːŋ, *qʰʷreːŋs
揈	*qʰʷreːŋ
鍧	*qʰʷreːŋ
渹	*qʰʷreːŋ
赹	*ɡʷeŋ
憌	*ɡʷeŋ
惸	*ɡʷeŋ
咰	*sqʰʷrid

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰʷreːŋ) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 訇 (OC *ɡʷiːn, *qʰʷreːŋ).

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “all related? Hakka 拂 (fin) seems to be cognate with Cantonese fing6”)

Pronunciation 1

simp. and trad.		揈
alternative forms		㧦 轟／轰 “to drive away” 封 Min Nan

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hōng (hong¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwang¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hong
    • Wade–Giles: hung¹
    • Yale: hūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hong
    • Palladius: хун (xun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwang¹
    • Yale: gwāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gueng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong
    • Tâi-lô: hong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: xweang

Rime
Character	揈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	耕 (118)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	呼宏切
Baxter	xweang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠwɛŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷᵚæŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɐŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwəɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/xuɛŋ/
Wang Li	/xwæŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/xwæŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fang1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷreːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	揈
Reading #	1/1
No.	16417
Phonetic component	匀
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	轟
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷreːŋ/

Definitions

揈

1. ^† (onomatopoeia) the sound of a strike.
2. to drive away; to expel
3. to sell
4. (Southern Min) to slap (someone on their face)

Pronunciation 2

simp. and trad.		揈

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hóng (hong²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fang⁴, fang⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hóng
    • Wade–Giles: hung²
    • Yale: húng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horng
    • Palladius: хун (xun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fang⁴, fang⁶
    • Yale: fàhng, fahng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fang⁴, fang⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: feng⁴, feng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐŋ²¹/, /fɐŋ²²/

Definitions

揈

1. (literary) to strike; to beat
2. (Cantonese) to hit someone hard (with a fist, a stick, etc.)

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		揈
alternative forms		捹 𢫕 fing

Compare Bouyei veengh (“to fling”) and Lingao feŋ² (“to toss”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fing⁶, fang⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fing⁶, fang⁶
    • Yale: fihng, fahng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fing⁶, fang⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fing⁶, feng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɪŋ²²/, /fɐŋ²²/

Definitions

揈

1. (Cantonese) to sway; to swing
2. (Cantonese) to shake
3. (Cantonese, figurative) to spend (money) lavishly

   將啲錢亂咁揈 [Cantonese, trad.]
   将啲钱乱咁揈 [Cantonese, simp.]

   zoeng¹ di¹ cin⁴ lyun⁶ gam³ fing⁶ [Jyutping]

   to waste money; to spend money recklessly

Derived terms

• 吊吊揈
• 揈頭／揈头
• 揈頭丸／揈头丸

 

Related terms

• (Cantonese) 掝 (fik⁶, fak⁶, “to swing; to wave”)

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C04322
• “揈”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 揈 – see 掬 (“to grasp or hold with both hands; to recoil; to tighten; to draw back; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 掬).

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01607-006#62

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 揈 – see 㧦 (“to hit; to strike”). (This character is a variant form of 㧦).

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C04194-001#26

Japanese

Kanji

揈

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō); けん (ken); きく (kiku)
• Kun: うつ (utsu)