U+5AF2, 嫲
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AF2

[U+5AF1]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5AF3]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 38, +11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女戈木木 (VIDD), composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 270, character 31
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 8 (in addendum), page 18, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+5AF2

Chinese

trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声) : semantic (woman) + phonetic (OC *mraːl).

Etymology

Cognate with (, “mother”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. (Cantonese) paternal grandmother
  2. (Hakka, Northern Min, suffix) female
    Antonym: (Hakka)
  3. (Hakka) Suffix for certain nouns, often indicating a large size.
    [Sixian Hakka]   so̍k- [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]   ladle

Synonyms

Compounds

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