𤆬

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𤆬 U+241AC, 𤆬
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-241AC
𤆫
CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B 𤆭

Translingual

Han character

𤆬 (Kangxi radical 86, +4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹山火 (HUF), composition )

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Chinese

simp. and trad.
𤆬
alternative forms
𢯁



𡥘 Teochew
chiefly Puxian Min
chiefly “to marry”
 

Glyph origin

Created for Hokkien. Ngô͘ Siú-lé (吳守禮) suggests that it is an ideogrammic compound (會意会意) : (feathers (representing the feathers of a mother hen)) + (four dots (representing four chicks)) — a mother hen leading and protecting four chicks under her feathers.

Etymology

Possibly from (OC *leds, “to drag”) (Lin, 1999; Yang, 2000; Tu, 2019) or (OC *lebs, “to pull”) (Tu, 2019).

Also compare (chōa, path) (Ong, 2023).

Pronunciation


Definitions

𤆬

  1. (Southern Min, Puxian Min) to lead; to guide
  2. (Southern Min, chiefly Teochew, Leizhou Min) to cause; to lead someone to do something
  3. (Hokkien, Teochew, of a man) to marry; to take a wife
    Synonym:
  4. (Hokkien) to take care of; to bring up; to nurture
    𤆬囡仔 [Hokkien]  ―  chhōa gín-á [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to take care of a child; to babysit
  5. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to lure; to kidnap

Usage notes

  • In Mandarin, this word is only used in names, such as 𤆬治 (chhōa-tī in Min Nan, homophone of 𤆬弟, "to lead to a brother"), given to girls to lead to the birth of a son.

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