𢃇

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𢃇 U+220C7, 𢃇
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-220C7
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CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B 𢃈

Translingual

Han character

𢃇 (Kangxi radical 50, +7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 中月田土 (LBWG), composition )

Further reading

Chinese

simp. and trad.
𢃇
alternative forms

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声) : semantic (cloth) + phonetic .

Etymology

From (lei6, “benefit; profit”), used as a euphemism for (faan4, “sail”), which is a (near-)homophone of (faan4, “to be annoyed”) or (faan1, “to overturn; to capsize”) (Chan, 1998).

Pronunciation


Definitions

𢃇

  1. (Cantonese, Southern Pinghua) sail
    有風使盡𢃇有风使尽𢃇 [Cantonese]  ―  jau5 fung1 sai2 zeon6 lei5   ―  to fully exploit an opportunity

Synonyms

Compounds