揈

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See also: 㧦
揈 U+63C8, 揈
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63C8
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Translingual

Han character

揈 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 手心卜口 (QPYR), four-corner 57020, composition ⿰扌訇)

  • 㧦 (Orthodox form of 揈 when pronounced "xuàn" in Mandarin)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 441, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12329
  • Dae Jaweon: page 792, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1922, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+63C8

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (匀) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
枃 *skins
笉 *skʰinʔ
郇 *ɡʷreːn, *sqʰʷin
絢 *qʰʷiːns
眴 *qʰʷiːns, *ɡʷiːns, *sqʰʷin, *qʰʷjins, *ŋʷjin
盷 *ɡʷiːn
訇 *ɡʷiːn, *qʰʷreːŋ
迿 *ɡʷiːns, *sqʰʷins
姰 *ɡʷiːns, *sqʰʷin
畇 *l'iːŋ, *sqʰʷin, *sɢʷin, *ɢʷin
荀 *sqʰʷin
詢 *sqʰʷin
洵 *sqʰʷin, *sɢʷin
恂 *sqʰʷin
峋 *sqʰʷin
珣 *sqʰʷin
槆 *sqʰʷin
筍 *sqʰʷinʔ
箰 *sqʰʷinʔ
旬 *sɢʷin
殉 *sɢʷins
徇 *sɢʷins
侚 *sɢʷins
均 *kʷin
鈞 *kʷin
袀 *kʷin
汮 *kʷin, *kʷrin
呁 *kʷins
筠 *ɡʷin
荺 *ɢʷin, *ɡʷinʔ
匀 *ɢʷin
韵 *ɢʷins
輷 *qʰʷreːŋ, *qʰʷreːŋs
揈 *qʰʷreːŋ
鍧 *qʰʷreːŋ
渹 *qʰʷreːŋ
赹 *ɡʷeŋ
憌 *ɡʷeŋ
惸 *ɡʷeŋ
咰 *sqʰʷrid

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰʷreːŋ) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 訇 (OC *ɡʷiːn, *qʰʷreːŋ).

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “all related? Hakka 拂 (fin) seems to be cognate with Cantonese fing6”)

Pronunciation 1

simp. and trad.
 揈
alternative forms 㧦
轟／轰 “to drive away”
封 Min Nan
Rime
Character 揈
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 耕 (118)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) II
Fanqie 呼宏切
Baxter xweang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/hˠwɛŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/hʷᵚæŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/xuɐŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/hwəɨjŋ/
Li
Rong 		/xuɛŋ/
Wang
Li 		/xwæŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/xwæŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		hōng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		fang1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 揈
Reading # 1/1
No. 16417
Phonetic
component 		匀
Rime
group 		耕
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		轟
Old
Chinese 		/*qʰʷreːŋ/
Definitions

揈

  1. † (onomatopoeia) the sound of a strike.
  2. to drive away; to expel
  3. to sell
  4. (Southern Min) to slap (someone on their face)

Pronunciation 2

simp. and trad.
 揈
Definitions

揈

  1. (literary) to strike; to beat
  2. (Cantonese) to hit someone hard (with a fist, a stick, etc.)

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
 揈
alternative forms 捹
𢫕
fing

Compare Bouyei veengh (“to fling”) and Lingao feŋ² (“to toss”).

Pronunciation

Definitions

揈

  1. (Cantonese) to sway; to swing
  2. (Cantonese) to shake
  3. (Cantonese, figurative) to spend (money) lavishly
    將啲錢亂咁揈 [Cantonese, trad.]
    将啲钱乱咁揈 [Cantonese, simp.]
    zoeng1 di1 cin4 lyun6 gam3 fing6
    to waste money; to spend money recklessly

Derived terms

References

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 揈 – see 掬 (“to grasp or hold with both hands; to recoil; to tighten; to draw back; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 掬).

References

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 揈 – see 㧦 (“to hit; to strike”).
(This character is a variant form of 㧦).

References

Japanese

Kanji

揈

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): こう (kō)、けん (ken)、きく (kiku)
  • Kun: うつ (utsu)
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