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U+3FAA, 㾪
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-3FAA

CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 104, +9, 14 strokes, cangjie input 大火竹山 (KFHU), composition )

References

Chinese

simp. and trad.
alternative forms 𤵙
𩩭
Min

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声) : semantic (illness) + phonetic (OC *sreŋʔ, *sleŋʔ).

Etymology

Related to (OC *sreŋʔ, “to reduce”) (Wang, 1982).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (21)
Final () (111)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter srjaengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʃˠiæŋX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʃᵚiaŋX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʃiaŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʂiajŋX/
Li
Rong
/ʃiɐŋX/
Wang
Li
/ʃĭɐŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʂi̯ɐŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shěng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sang2

Definitions

  1. (literary or Southern Min, of a person or animal) thin; slim
  2. (Eastern Min, Southern Min, of meat) lean
  3. (Southern Min, of land) barren; infertile
  4. (Southern Min) poor; not wealthy
  5. (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) simple; of small quantity

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