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Translingual
Han character
尠 (Kangxi radical 42, 小+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿女火竹 (TVFH), composition ⿰甚少)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 297, character 27
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7523
- Dae Jaweon: page 592, character 26
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 565, character 16
- Unihan data for U+5C20
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 觘
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*sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws
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| 抄
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*sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws
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| 鈔
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*sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws
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| 訬
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*sm̥ʰreːw, *mewʔ
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| 炒
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*sʰroːʔ
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| 吵
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*sm̥ʰreːwʔ, *mewʔ
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| 耖
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*sm̥ʰreːws
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| 仯
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*sm̥ʰreːws
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| 眇
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*mewʔ
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| 渺
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*mewʔ
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| 杪
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*mewʔ
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| 秒
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*mewʔ
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| 篎
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*mewʔ, *mews
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| 妙
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*mews
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| 玅
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*mews
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| 釥
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*sm̥ʰewʔ
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| 小
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*smewʔ
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| 少
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*hmjewʔ, *hmjews
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| 麨
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*m̥ʰjewʔ
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| 尠
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*senʔ, *smos
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Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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尠
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尠
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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13535
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13709
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Phonetic
component
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尠
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小
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Rime
group
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元
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侯
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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獮
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尠
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Old
Chinese
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/*senʔ/
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/*smos/
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| Notes
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見九思，說文作尟
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少分化字見九思
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Definitions
尠
- Alternative form of 鮮 / 鲜 (“few”)
Japanese
Kanji
尠
(Hyōgai kanji)
- at least
- not a little
Readings
Korean
Hanja
尠 (eum 선 (seon))
- very few
- seldom
- rarely
Vietnamese
Han character
尠: Hán Nôm readings: tiển
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References