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U+3A94, 㪔
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-3A94

CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 66, +8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 木木卜水 (DDYE), composition )

  1. (same as ) scatter, disperse, break up or separate for a time, dismiss

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Chinese

simp. and trad.
alternative forms
𢽳
𢿷

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : (trees, forest) + (to knock, to tap), also written with hemp stalks 𣏟 (> 𢽳) or bamboo instead of two trees. The original meanings are "to clear a place from vegetation; to kill". The character later started meaning "to dissipate, to disperse" since bamboo in particular breaks easily into pieces; eventually, the meaning shifted to "to walk around, to stroll".

This character is the original form of , originally written as 𣀙 as seen in the Shuowen Jiezi.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sjwar ~ g/b-sjwa-n/t (flow; pour; scatter; spill; sow; broadcast). Cognate with (OC *saːd, “to cast away; to let go”), (OC *sqʰon, “to spread; to proclaim”), Tibetan འཆོར་བ ('chor ba, to escape; to flow out), Burmese သွန် (swan, to pour out; to spill), Lahu šē (to sow; to broadcast), Lahu šêʔ (to pour; to spill; to disperse; to sow; to broadcast).

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. to clear a place from vegetation
  2. to kill