吪 - Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 30, +4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口人心 (ROP), four-corner 61010, composition)

吪 - Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Old Chinese
*ŋʷaːl
*ŋʷaːl
*ŋʷaːl
*lu, *ŋʷaːl
*ŋʷaːl
*hʷa
*hŋʷaːls
*hʷraː
*hŋʷraːls
*hŋʷraːls
*pilʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ŋʷaːl) : semantic (mouth) + phonetic (OC *hŋʷraːls).

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    • (Pinyin): é (e2)
    • (Zhuyin): ㄜˊ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): ngo4
  • Middle Chinese: /ŋuɑ/
  • Old Chinese
    • (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-qʷʰˤaj/
    • (Zhengzhang): /*ŋʷaːl/

Definitions

  1. to move; to act
  2. to reform; to correct
  3. Alternative form of (é).

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    • (Pinyin): huā (hua1)
    • (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): faa4

Definitions

吪 - Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

吪 - Korean

Hanja

(wa) (hangeul , revised wa, McCuneReischauer wa)

吪 - Zhuang

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ŋʷaːl) : semantic (mouth) + phonetic (OC *hŋʷraːls)

Noun

  1. Sawndip form of vah (language)
Meaning and Definition of 吪
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