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Translingual
Han character
欼 (Kangxi radical 76, 欠+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水水水水人 (EEEEO), four-corner 17482, composition ⿰叕欠)
- to bite, to chew
- gobble up, gulp down
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 568, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16103
- Dae Jaweon: page 957, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2144, character 6
- Unihan data for U+6B3C
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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蝃
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*tɯːds, *tjod
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欼
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*sʰrɯʔ
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綴
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*tods, *tod
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醊
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*tods, *tod
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畷
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*tods, *tod
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啜
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*tods, *djods, *tod, *tʰjod, *djod
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餟
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*tods, *tod
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腏
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*tods, *toːd, *tod
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錣
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*tods, *rtoːd
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輟
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*tods, *tod
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娺
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*tul, *rtoːd
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窡
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*rtoːd, *rtoːd
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鵽
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*rtoːd, *rtoːd, *toːd
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掇
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*toːd, *tod
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剟
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*toːd, *tod
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裰
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*toːd
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敠
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*toːd, *sʰlod
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惙
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*tod
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罬
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*tod, *ktod
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叕
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*tod
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歠
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*tʰjod
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逫
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*tud
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Pronunciation
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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欼
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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17777
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Phonetic component
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叕
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Rime group
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之
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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𠟴
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Old Chinese
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/*sʰrɯʔ/
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Notes
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集韻右從已爲正體, 應爲從啜省巳聲之字, 本非叕聲
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Definitions
欼
- (Cantonese) to use one's teeth and hands to break something such as a string