嗇
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See also: 啬
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Translingual
Han character
嗇 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 土人田口 (GOWR), four-corner 40601, composition ⿱⿻土从回)
Derived characters
- 墻, 嬙(嫱), 懎, 檣(樯), 濇(𬈧), 牆(墙), 穡, 繬, 艢, 轖, 㱇, 廧, 䉢, 薔(蔷)
- 𠎸, 𡀁, 𭢲, 𤗼, 𤛷, 𬎓, 𥜎, 𧒗, 𬬋, 𩍙, 𩏫, 𩼒, 𠟩, 𠢳, 𢿿, 𩕡, 𡫆
Descendants
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 202, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4053
- Dae Jaweon: page 424, character 32
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 665, character 11
- Unihan data for U+55C7
Chinese
| trad. | 嗇 | |
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| simp. | 啬 | |
| alternative forms | 𠻮 𠾂 𤲝 𤲷 𤳋 | |
Glyph origin
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| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 來 + 㐭.
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Definitions
嗇
Compounds
Etymology 2
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Pronunciation
Definitions
嗇
- (obsolete) to cherish
- (obsolete) to save; to conserve; to not waste
- miserly; thrifty; stingy
- (obsolete) to covet
- (obsolete) to lack; to be insufficient
- (rare) to have a poor harvest
- (Zhangzhou Hokkien) silent and not speaking; not disclosing anything
- ：佯嗇嗇／佯啬啬 [Hokkien] ― tèⁿ sek sek [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to pretend not to know
- a surname
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 吝嗇 (“stingy; miserly”)
Compounds
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Definitions
嗇
Japanese
Kanji
嗇
- lowly
- the country
- the countryside
- be countrified
Readings
Korean
Hanja
嗇 • (akkil saek/geodul saek) (hangeul 아낄 색/거둘 색, revised saek, McCune–Reischauer saek)
Vietnamese
Han character
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