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U+3694, 㚔
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-3694

CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 37, +5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 大廿十 (KTJ), four-corner 40401, composition 𢆉)

  1. instrument of torture used in ancient times
  2. loud
  3. constant evil doer
  4. (same as ) rejoice
  5. fortunate
  6. prosperous

Derived characters

References

Chinese

simp. and trad.
alternative forms

Glyph origin

Pictogram (象形) , handcuffs. See and . Unrelated to , in which it represents an arrow under an eye to convey the meaning of "to aim; to spy".

Etymology 1

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (12)
Final () (156)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter nrjep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɳˠiᴇp̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɳᵚiɛp̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/niæp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɳjiap̚/
Li
Rong
/njɛp̚/
Wang
Li
/nĭɛp̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ni̯ɛp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
niè
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
nip6

Definitions

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Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“by fluke; lucky; fortunate; lucky; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of ).