𠲎

𠲎 U+20C8E, 𠲎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-20C8E ← 𠲍 [U+20C8D] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B 𠲏 → [U+20C8F]

Translingual

Han character

𠲎 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, Cangjie input 口人戈 (ROI), four-corner 6305₀, composition ⿰口伐)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 189, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 618, character 1
• Unihan data for U+20C8E

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 伐 (Shanghainese: vaq).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		𠲎
alternative forms		伐 否 𠳝

Contraction of 勿啊, literally "or not".

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fa (fa⁵／fa⁰)

  (Zhuyin): ˙ㄈㄚ

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁰va

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fa
    • Zhuyin: ˙ㄈㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: få
    • Wade–Giles: fa⁵
    • Yale: fa
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .fa
    • Palladius: фа (fa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁰va
    • MiniDict: va
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁰va
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /va/

Particle

𠲎

1. (chiefly Wu) final interrogative particle on a yes/no question.

   Synonym: 嗎 / 吗 (Mandarin)

   搿搶儂身體好𠲎？ [Shanghainese, trad.]
   搿抢侬身体好𠲎？ [Shanghainese, simp.]

   ⁸geq-chian ⁶non ¹sen-thi ⁵hau ⁰va [Wugniu]

   How is your health lately?

Usage notes

This character is not correctly displayed on some systems and is not always easy to enter, so it is sometimes substituted with other characters, most commonly 伐.

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		𠲎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): féi (fei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: féi
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: féi
    • Wade–Giles: fei²
    • Yale: féi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feir
    • Palladius: фэй (fɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯³⁵/

Definitions

𠲎

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Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 𠲎 – see 吠 (“to bark; to talk nonsense”). (This character is a variant form of 吠).

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C01132