撨

撨 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手人土火 (QOGF), composition ⿰扌焦)

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• Kangxi Dictionary: page 456, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12736
• Dae Jaweon: page 805, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1960, character 6
• Unihan data for U+64A8

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zew, *seːw) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 焦 (OC *ʔsew).

撨

1. ^‡ to select

撨

1. ^‡ to wipe

撨

1. ^‡ to push

Probably a causative aspiration of 齊 / 齐 (chiâu, châu, “uniform; regular”) (Ong, 2023).

Alternatively, it may be from 調 (OC *dɯːw, “harmonious; to adjust”).

撨

1. (Hokkien, Teochew, Leizhou Min) to adjust; to move (i.e. furniture or heavy objects)
2. (Hokkien) to move (a sprained bone, etc.) back to its original position
3. (Hokkien) to negotiate; to discuss; to adjust one's opinion to reach consensus
4. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to transfer; to give

• (Cantonese) Jyutping Database (粵拼資料庫)
• “Entry #11132”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
• 劉建仁 (2011 January 15) “喬（ts‘iauˊ）──協調”, in 台灣話的語源與理據 (in Chinese), retrieved 2020-05-12

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}、じょう (jō)^{←ぜう (zeu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}