U+53BE, 厾
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53BE

[U+53BD]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+53BF]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 28, 厶+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 弓土戈 (NGI), composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 164, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3080
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 53, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+53BE

Chinese

simp. and trad.
alternative forms

𧰵

Hokkien

Glyph origin

Semantic (to leave) + an abstract swoosh of throwing; referring to the "to throw" sense. Also compare (Yin, 2021).

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. to touch lightly (with a finger, writing brush, stick, etc.)
  2. (dialectal) to poke; to prod; to jab; to pierce
  3. (dialectal) to throw away
  4. (dialectal) Sentence-final particle.
  5. (Hokkien) to nod; to lower slightly downward (of one's head as a greeting)
  6. (Hokkien) to droop (one's head)
  7. (Hokkien) to nod off; to doze off
  8. (Mainland China Hokkien) to tap; to touch
  9. (Mainland China Hokkien) slow and clumsy

Synonyms

  • (poke):
  • (throw):

Compounds

References

  • Yin, Kai (尹凯) (2021) “汉语俗字“厾”的来源及相关“投、扔”“指、点”义动词的演变”, in 石家庄学院学报, volume 23, number 4, pages 87–93.