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U+9938, 餸
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9938

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 184, +10, 19 strokes, cangjie input 人戈卜廿大 (OIYTK), composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1424, character 17
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4468, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+9938

Chinese

trad.
simp. 𩠌
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  • (Cantonese)

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声) and ideogrammic compound (會意会意) : semantic + phonetic (sung3).

Etymology

From (sung3, to accompany (a staple food)) (Chan, 1998).

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. (Cantonese) a dish served to accompany rice or other staple food
    𩠌 [Cantonese]  ―  zing2 sung3   ―  to prepare a dish/dishes
    今晚 [Cantonese, trad.]
    今晚𩠌 [Cantonese, simp.]
    gam1 maan5-1 sik6 mat1 sung3 aa3?
    What are we eating tonight? (lit. What dishes are we eating with our rice tonight?)
  2. (Cantonese) grocery; ingredient for dishes

Synonyms

Compounds