𨅝

𨅝 U+2815D, 𨅝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-2815D ← 𨅜 [U+2815C] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B 𨅞 → [U+2815E]

Translingual

Han character

𨅝 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+12, 19 strokes, cangjie input 口一火月竹 (RMFBH), composition ⿰𧾷牚)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1233, character 40
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3739, character 9
• Unihan data for U+2815D

Chinese

simp. and trad.		𨅝
alternative forms		撐／撑

Etymology

Bauer (1996) associated jaːŋ³³, the Cantonese word for “to tread on or kick”, with Thai ย่าง (yâang, “to walk; to step”), meaning it is probably a Kra-Dai substrate word.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chéng (cheng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caang³, jaang³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chéng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng²
    • Yale: chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherng
    • Palladius: чэн (čɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caang³, jaang³
    • Yale: chaang, yaang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaang³, jaang³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cang³, yang³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːŋ³³/, /jaːŋ³³/

Note:

• caang3 - “to tread on or kick (forcefully)”;
• jaang3 - “to tread on or kick (gently); to leave”.

Definitions

𨅝

1. ^† Alternative form of 䠆／𫏃 (cháng, “to kneel and make obeisance”)
2. (Cantonese) to press down or out with one's legs; to stretch one's legs; to tread on or to kick

   𨅝樓梯／𨅝楼梯 [Cantonese]  ―  jaang³ lau⁴ tai¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to climb up the stairs

3. (Cantonese) to leave; to depart; to flee

Synonyms

• (to kick): 踢 (tī)
• (to leave):

Dialectal synonyms of 走 (“to leave (intransitive)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		走, 離開, 離去
Mandarin	Taiwan	走, 離開
	Jinan	走
	Wanrong	走
	Xi'an	走
	Yinchuan	走
	Xining	走
	Ürümqi	走
	Wuhan	走
	Chengdu	走
	Guiyang	走
	Nanjing	走
	Singapore	走, 離開
Cantonese	Guangzhou	走, 扯
	Hong Kong	走, 扯, 撇, 閃, 𨅝, 鬆, 撇s
	Penang (Guangfu)	走
	Singapore (Guangfu)	走, 扯
Gan	Nanchang	走
Hakka	Meixian	走
	Yudu	走
Jin	Taiyuan	走
Southern Min	Taipei	走 GT
	Singapore (Hokkien)	走
	Manila (Hokkien)	行
	Singapore (Teochew)	走
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	走, 行
Wu	Shanghai	跑, 走
	Danyang	走
	Hangzhou	走
	Jinhua	走
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Compounds

• 田雞過河——各有各𨅝／田鸡过河——各有各𨅝
• 𨅝檯腳／𨅝台脚
• 𨅝開／𨅝开