丐

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See also: 丏
丐 U+4E10, 丐
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E10
← 丏
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 丑 →

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

丐 (Kangxi radical 1, 一+3, 4 strokes, cangjie input 一卜女尸 (MYVS), four-corner 10207, composition ⿱一⿺㇉⺊)

Derived characters

Further reading

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 77, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22
  • Dae Jaweon: page 154, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 10, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+4E10

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 丐
alternative forms 𬺶
匄
匃
𠣏
𠣣

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 丐
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script
Small seal script

s09438

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (丐) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
丐 *kaːds, *kaːd
匄 *kaːds
This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “The linked entry is a soft redirect to this one and doesn't actually explain the origin of the character”

Corruption of 匄.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 丐
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 泰 (25)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 古太切
Baxter kajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kɑiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kɑiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kɑiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kajH/
Li
Rong 		/kɑiH/
Wang
Li 		/kɑiH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/kɑiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		gài
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		goi3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 丐 丐
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 3562 3564
Phonetic
component 		丐 丐
Rime
group 		祭 月
Rime
subdivision 		1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		蓋 葛
Old
Chinese 		/*kaːds/ /*kaːd/
Notes 同匃，俗訛變 原作匃，此依說文

Definitions

丐

  1. † to beg for alms
  2. † to give
  3. beggar
  4. a surname

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

丐

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. beggar
  2. beg
  3. give

Readings

Korean

Hanja

丐 (eumhun 빌 개 (bil gae))

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References

Vietnamese

Han character

丐: Hán Việt readings: cái
丐: Nôm readings: cái, gái

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References

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