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Translingual
Han character
佣 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人月手 (OBQ), four-corner 27220, composition ⿰亻用)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 100, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 539
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 137, character 3
- Unihan data for U+4F63
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 通
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*l̥ʰoːŋ
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| 俑
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*l̥ʰoːŋ, *loŋʔ
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| 蓪
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*l̥ʰoːŋ
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| 桶
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*l̥ʰoːŋʔ, *l'oːŋʔ
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| 捅
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*l̥ʰoːŋʔ
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| 痛
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*l̥ʰoːŋs
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| 筩
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*l'oːŋ
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| 誦
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*ljoŋs
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| 傭
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*l̥ʰoŋ, *loŋ
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| 慵
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*ɦljoŋ
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| 鱅
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*ɦljoŋ, *loŋ
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| 滽
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*loŋ
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| 墉
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*loŋ
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| 鏞
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*loŋ
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| 鄘
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*loŋ
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| 槦
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*loŋ
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| 銿
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*loŋ
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| 甬
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*loŋʔ
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| 勇
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*loŋʔ
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| 涌
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*loŋʔ
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| 踊
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*loŋʔ
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| 蛹
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*loŋʔ
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| 恿
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*loŋʔ
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| 慂
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*loŋʔ
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| 悀
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*loŋʔ
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| 埇
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*loŋʔ
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| 踴
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*loŋʔ
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| 庸
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*loŋ
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| 用
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*loŋs
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| 佣
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*loŋs
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Etymology 1
For pronunciation and definitions of 佣 – see 傭 (“servant; maid; to employ; to hire; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified form of 傭). |
| Notes: |
Etymology 2
From 用 (yòng, “to use”) (Zhengzhang, 2003).
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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佣
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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15461
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Phonetic
component
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用
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Rime
group
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東
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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用
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Old
Chinese
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/*loŋs/
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| Notes
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用的今分化字
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Definitions
佣
- commission (amount of money paid to a middleman)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
佣金 (“commission”)
| Variety
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Location
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Words
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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佣金, 佣錢
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| Mandarin
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Taiwan
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佣金
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| Jinan
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佣錢
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| Luoyang
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佣錢
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| Wanrong
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佣錢
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| Xuzhou
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行佣, 佣錢
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| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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佣
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| Hong Kong
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佣金, 佣, commission
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| Taishan
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佣
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| Dongguan
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佣金
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| Hakka
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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佣金, 中人禮
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| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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中人禮
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| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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佣金, 中人禮
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| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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佣金, 中人錢
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| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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佣金, 中人禮
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| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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佣金, 中人禮
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| Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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佣錢
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| Southern Min
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Xiamen
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中儂錢
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| Tainan
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中儂禮
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| Wu
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Shanghai
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佣鈿, 康密興 dated
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| Shanghai (Chongming)
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佣鈿
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Compounds