𫬃

𫬃 U+2BB03, 𫬃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-2BB03 ← 𫬂 [U+2BB02] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension E 𫬄 → [U+2BB04]

Translingual

Han character

𫬃 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+13, 16 strokes, composition ⿰口話)

1. (Cantonese) it is said

References

• Unihan data for U+2BB03

Chinese

simp. and trad.		𫬃

Etymology

Grammaticalization of 話／话 (waa⁶), with the tone change associated with its use as an evidential marker. May be an ancestor of 啝 (wo⁴), 喎／㖞 (wo⁵) as well as 喎／㖞 (wo³).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waa²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waa²
    • Yale: wá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waa²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wa²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waː³⁵/

Definitions

𫬃

1. (19th century Cantonese) Sentence-final modal particle used for reported speech; it is said.

   話佢少佢銀𫬃。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   话佢少佢银𫬃。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   From: Williams, Samuel Wells (1856) A tonic dictionary of the Chinese language in the Canton dialect

   waa⁶ keoi⁵ siu² keoi⁵ ngan⁴ waa². [Jyutping]

   They said each had the other’s money.