𠳨

𠳨 U+20CE8, 𠳨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-20CE8 ← 𠳧 [U+20CE7] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B 𠳩 → [U+20CE9]

Translingual

Han character

𠳨 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 口人田卜 (ROWY), composition ⿰口每)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 193, character 5
• Unihan data for U+20CE8

Chinese

simp. and trad.		𠳨

Glyph origin

Etymology 1

Part of "內政部戶政用字" used by the Department of Household Registration in Taiwan.

Etymology 2

Found in oracle bone script and transcribed as such in 《甲骨文編》 published in 1934 by the Harvard–Yenching Institute.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méi (mei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méi
    • Wade–Giles: mei²
    • Yale: méi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei
    • Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵/

Definitions

𠳨

1. (Taiwan) Used in personal names.

Etymology 2

Definitions

𠳨

1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
   1. alternative form of 誨 / 诲

References

• Master Ideographs Seeker for CNS 11643 Chinese Standard Interchange Code (CNS11643 中文標準交換碼全字庫)
• 《古文字詁林》 (上海教育出版社, 2004), Volume 11, Page 297.

Tày

Noun

𠳨 (muối)

1. Nôm form of muối.

Vietnamese

Han character

𠳨: Nôm readings: hỏi, mỏi, mọi, mõm, mối, mòi

Glyph origin 1

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, hỏi): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + abbreviated phonetic 誨 (hối).

See also 𱕒 (𱕒), an alternative form that uses the unabbreviated phonetic component.

Alternatively, according to Nguyễn (2009), the phonetic component is abbreviated from 海 (hải), in which case the full form of this character would be 嗨.

Verb

𠳨 • (hỏi)

1. chữ Nôm form of hỏi (“to ask”)

Glyph origin 2

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 每 (mỗi).

Etymology 1

Adjective

𠳨 • (mỏi)

1. chữ Nôm form of mỏi (“weary (used in mòn mỏi)”)

Etymology 2

Determiner

𠳨 • (mọi)

1. chữ Nôm form of mọi (“all”)