褪

褪 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中卜日女 (LYAV), four-corner 3723₃, composition ⿰衤退)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1122, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34503
• Dae Jaweon: page 1590, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3104, character 14
• Unihan data for U+892A

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *n̥ʰuːns) : semantic 衣 (“clothing”) + phonetic 退 (OC *n̥ʰuːbs). Considered a 後起字／后起字 (hòuqǐzì).

褪

1. to take off (clothes)

   褪掉褲／褪掉裤 [Teochew]  ―  teng³ diao⁷ kou³ [Peng'im]  ―  to take off one's pants

2. to hide in one's sleeve
3. (Cantonese) to retreat; to move back

   褪後／褪后 [Cantonese]  ―  tan³ hau⁶   ―  to reverse

   褪幾步／褪几步 [Cantonese]  ―  tan³ gei² bou⁶   ―  to move a few steps back

4. (Cantonese) to move; to shift

   唔該你褪過啲。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   唔该你褪过啲。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   m⁴ goi¹ nei⁵ tan³ gwo³ di¹.

   Please move over a bit.

   褪埋啲張凳。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   褪埋啲张凳。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   tan³ maai⁴ di¹ zoeng¹ dang³.

   Move the chair closer.

5. (Cantonese) to make something available

   好心你褪個位畀個大肚婆坐啦！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   好心你褪个位畀个大肚婆坐啦！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   hou² sam¹ nei⁵ tan³ go³ wai^6-2 bei² go³ daai⁶ tou⁵ po^4-2 co⁵ laa¹!

   For goodness' sake, just make your seat available for the pregnant woman!

6. (Cantonese) to withdraw

   褪返筆錢出嚟 [Cantonese, trad.]
   褪返笔钱出嚟 [Cantonese, simp.]

   tan³ faan¹ bat¹ cin^4-2 ceot¹ lei⁴

   to withdraw the money

7. (Cantonese, Southern Min) to transfer; to give to somebody else

   若是有舊衫褲，著提去褪人。 [Hokkien, trad.]
   若是有旧衫裤，着提去褪人。 [Hokkien, simp.]

   Nā-sī ū kū saⁿ-khò͘, tio̍h the̍h--khì thǹg--lâng. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   If you have old clothes, you should give them to somebody else.

褪

1. to shed (feathers)
2. to discolour; to fade

• “Entry #11918”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. fade; discolour

• Go-on: とん (ton)
• Kan-on: とん (ton)
• Kan’yō-on: たい (tai)
• Kun: ぬぐ (nugu, 褪ぐ)、あせる (aseru, 褪せる)、さめる (sameru, 褪める)

褪 (eum 퇴 (toe))

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褪: Hán Nôm readings: thoái

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