孻

孻 U+5B7B, 孻
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B7B
← 孺
[U+5B7A] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 孼 →
[U+5B7C]

Translingual

Han character

孻 (Kangxi radical 39, 子+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 弓木中一廿 (NDLMT), four-corner 15417, composition ⿰子盡)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 281, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7043
  • Dae Jaweon: page 551, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1020, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+5B7B

Chinese

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 子 (“son”) + 盡 (“end; finish”).

Attested since the Ming era, in 《菽園雜記》 by 陸容:

廣東有“孻”字，音柰平聲，老年所生幼子。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
广东有“𡥧”字，音柰平声，老年所生幼子。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: 明・陸容《菽園雜記》
Guǎngdōng yǒu “孻” zì, yīn nài píngshēng, lǎonián suǒ shēng yòuzǐ. [Pinyin]
In Guangdong, there is 孻 character, read as 柰 (MC najH) with level tone, it means «the youngest son of an old parent» [i.e. the last son].

Etymology 1

trad. 孻
simp. 𡥧

Compare Zhuang byai (“tip; end”) (Ouyang, 2004).

Pronunciation

Definitions

孻

  1. (Cantonese) last

Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 孻 – see 倈 (“(Hakka) son”).
(This character is a variant form of 倈).

Japanese

Kanji

孻

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): だい (dai)、ない (nai)
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