𫬃

𫬃	U+2BB03, 𫬃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-2BB03

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[U+2BB02]

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[U+2BB04]

Translingual

Han character

𫬃 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+13, 16 strokes, composition ⿰口話)

(Cantonese) it is said

References

Unihan data for U+2BB03

Chinese

simp. and trad.		𫬃

Etymology

Grammaticalization of 話 / 话 (waa⁶), with the tone change associated with its use as an evidential marker. May be an ancestor of 啝 (wo⁴), 喎 / 㖞 (wo⁵) as well as 喎 / 㖞 (wo³).^[1]

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): waa²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: waa²
  - Yale: wá
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waa²
  - Guangdong Romanization: wa²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waː³⁵/

Definitions

𫬃

(19th century Cantonese) Sentence-final modal particle used for reported speech; it is said.
話佢少佢銀𫬃。 [Cantonese, trad.]
话佢少佢银𫬃。 [Cantonese, simp.]
From: Williams, Samuel Wells (1856) A tonic dictionary of the Chinese language in the Canton dialect^[1]
waa⁶ keoi⁵ siu² keoi⁵ ngan⁴ waa². [Jyutping]
They said each had the other’s money.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Yap, F. H., Yang, Y., & Wong, T. (2014). "8 On the Development of Sentence Final Particles (and Utterance Tags) in Chinese". In Discourse Functions at the Left and Right Periphery. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. DOI: 10.1163/9789004274822_009

[Yap_2014-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Yap, F. H., Yang, Y., & Wong, T. (2014). "8 On the Development of Sentence Final Particles (and Utterance Tags) in Chinese". In Discourse Functions at the Left and Right Periphery. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. DOI: 10.1163/9789004274822_009

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