U+3FAA, 㾪
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-3FAA

[U+3FA9]
CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A
[U+3FAB]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 104, 疒+9, 14 strokes, cangjie input 大火竹山 (KFHU), composition )

References

Chinese

simp. and trad.
alternative forms 𤵙
𩩭
Min

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic (illness) + phonetic (OC *sreŋʔ, *sleŋʔ).

Etymology

Related to (OC *sreŋʔ, “to reduce”) (Wang, 1982).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (21)
Final () (111)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter srjaengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʃˠiæŋX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʃᵚiaŋX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʃiaŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʂiajŋX/
Li
Rong
/ʃiɐŋX/
Wang
Li
/ʃĭɐŋX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʂi̯ɐŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shěng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sang2

Definitions

  1. (literary or Southern Min, of a person or animal) thin; slim
  2. (Eastern Min, Southern Min, of meat) lean
  3. (Southern Min, of land) barren; infertile
  4. (Southern Min) poor; not wealthy
  5. (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) simple; of small quantity

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 474.
  • 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “2218 瘦(不肥,不胖)”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 498.