氼
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Translingual
Han character
氼 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 水人 (EO) or 難水人 (XEO), composition ⿱水𠆢)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 603, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17099
- Dae Jaweon: page 997, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1547, character 2
- Unihan data for U+6C3C
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
氼 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 沕 昧 味 沒／没 | |
Glyph origin
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 水 (“water”) + 人 (“man”).
Etymology 1
Attested in Lingwai Daida (1178) among local characters used in Guangxi: 「氼，音魅，言沒人在水下也。」
Related to Hokkien 沬 (bī), Eastern Min 沬 (mê), Hakka 沕 (mi4), Xiang 沕 (mei5) (note that they all have tone 陽去).
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: mei6
- Yale: meih
- Cantonese Pinyin: mei6
- Guangdong Romanization: méi6
- Sinological IPA (key): /mei̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Definitions
氼
Compounds
- 氼水
- 氼鏡 / 氼镜
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 氼 – see 溺 (“to drown; to submerge; to indulge; to be addicted; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 溺). |