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U+8137, 脷
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8137

[U+8136]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8138]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 130, +7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 月竹木弓 (BHDN), composition )

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 985, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2078, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+8137

Chinese[edit]

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simp. #
alternative forms
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  • (Written Standard Chinese?)

Glyph origin[edit]

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声) : semantic (meat) + phonetic . Specialization of (“benefit; profit”).

Etymology[edit]

From (benefit; profit), used as a euphemism for (tongue), which is homophonous to , (to be at a loss).

Alternatively, it may be from (OC *ɦljeʔ, “to lick”), preserving the Old Chinese initial *l- (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation[edit]


Note:
  • lei5* - as an independent word or the head of a compound;
  • lei5 - in compounds (not as the head).

Definitions[edit]

  1. (Cantonese, dialectal Hakka) tongue (human or animal) (Classifier: c)
  2. (Hakka, Sichuanese) tongue of an animal

Synonyms[edit]

Compounds[edit]

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