𡆇

𡆇 U+21187, 𡆇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-21187 ← 𡆆 [U+21186] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B 𡆈 → [U+21188]

Translingual

Han character

𡆇 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+22, 25 strokes, cangjie input 口金廿水 (RCTE), composition ⿰口鑊)

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 216, character 7
• Unihan data for U+21187

Chinese

simp. and trad.		𡆇
alternative forms		watt

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 口 (“mouth; colloquial”) + phonetic 鑊.

Etymology

From English watt.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wok¹
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): vog⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wok¹
    • Yale: wōk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wok⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: wog¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: vog⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /ʋɔk̚⁵/

Definitions

𡆇

1. (Cantonese, Hakka) watt

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 瓦特 (“watt”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		瓦特, 瓦
Mandarin	Taiwan	瓦
	Wuhan	支光
	Guiyang	支光, 瓦
	Guilin	瓦
	Dagudi (Maliba)	瓦
	Reshuitang (Longling)	瓦
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	瓦
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	瓦
Cantonese	Guangzhou	火, 𡆇
	Hong Kong	火, 𡆇
	Taishan (Guanghai)	瓦
	Beihai	瓦
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	瓦, 火
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	瓦
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	瓦
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	瓦
	Móng Cái	瓦
	Mandalay (Taishan)	度
Hakka	Meixian	𡆇
Southern Min	Shantou	瓦
Wu	Hangzhou	支光
	Ningbo	支光