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Translingual
Han character
癭 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+17, 22 strokes, cangjie input 大月金女 (KBCV), four-corner 00144, composition ⿸疒嬰)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 783, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22630
- Dae Jaweon: page 1192, character 25
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2703, character 24
- Unihan data for U+766D
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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瀴
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*qreːŋs, *mqeːŋʔ, *qeːŋʔ
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甖
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*qreːŋ
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鸚
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*qreːŋ
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櫻
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*qreːŋ
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嚶
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*qreːŋ
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罌
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*qreːŋ
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鸎
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*qreːŋ
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譻
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*qreːŋ
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賏
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*qreŋs, *qeŋ
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嬰
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*qeŋ
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瓔
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*qeŋ
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纓
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*qeŋ
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攖
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*qeŋ
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蘡
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*qeŋ
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癭
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*qeŋʔ
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廮
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*qeŋʔ
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巊
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*qeːŋʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *qeŋʔ) : semantic 疒 + phonetic 嬰 (OC *qeŋ).
Pronunciation
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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癭
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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15341
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Phonetic component
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賏
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Rime group
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耕
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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廮
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Old Chinese
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/*qeŋʔ/
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Definitions
癭
- (pathology) goitre
- (botany) gall
- (figurative) burden; superfluous thing
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
癭
(Hyōgai kanji)
- swelling
- goitre
Readings
Korean
Hanja
癭 • (yeong) (hangeul 영, revised yeong, McCune–Reischauer yŏng, Yale yeng)
- swelling
- superfluous
- deaf-mute