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U+5454, 呔
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5454

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 30, +4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口大戈 (RKI) or 難口大戈 (XRKI), four-corner 64030, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 181, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 587, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+5454

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声) : semantic (mouth; speech) + phonetic (OC *tʰaːds).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
alternative forms 𠯪

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. An exclamation to get attention.

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
alternative forms

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. (dialectal) having a foreign accent

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.
alternative forms 𧘹

Borrowed from English tie.

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. (Cantonese) tie; necktie (Classifier: c)
    [Cantonese]  ―  daa2 taai1   ―  to tie a tie/to be wearing a tie
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Compounds

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.
alternative forms 𮷗

Borrowed from English tyre.

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. (Cantonese) tyre (Classifier: c)
Synonyms
  • (Mandarin) (tāi)

Compounds

Etymology 5

simp. and trad.
alternative forms

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. (Southern Min, chiefly Zhangzhou accents) how; why (Only used in 呔會 / 呔会 (how could it be...?))
    按呢 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
    按呢 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
    Thài ē án-ne? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    How could it be?

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