嫲

嫲

嫲 U+5AF2, 嫲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AF2 ← 嫱 [U+5AF1] CJK Unified Ideographs 嫳 → [U+5AF3]

Translingual

Han character

嫲 (radical 38, 女+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女戈木木 (VIDD), composition ⿰女麻)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 270, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 8 (in addendum), page 18, character 13
• Unihan data for U+5AF2

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		嫲

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 麻 (OC *mraːl).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): mà

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ma²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁴
    • Yale: màh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /mäː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mà
    • Hakka Romanization System: maˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ma²
    • IPA: /ma¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ma²
    • IPA: /ma¹¹/

Definitions

嫲

1. (Cantonese) paternal grandmother
2. (Hakka) female; woman
3. (Hakka) Suffix for nouns.

Compounds

伯勞嫲／伯劳嫲 倒頭嫲／倒头嫲 刀嫲 勺嫲 呱喇嫲 大坵嫲 大夫嫲 太嫲 嫲嫲 學老嫲／学老嫲 巴掌嫲 息嫲

抽豬嫲子／抽猪嫲子 拳頭嫲／拳头嫲 杓嫲 泥嫲 牛嫲 狗嫲 狗嫲蛇 痴嫲 笠嫲 糟嫲 糟嫲肉 羊嫲

老猴嫲 老貨嫲／老货嫲 舌嫲 薑嫲／姜嫲 蝨嫲／虱嫲 賺食嫲／赚食嫲 赤腳嫲踏／赤脚嫲踏 車嫲／车嫲 酵嫲 阿嫲 鴨嫲／鸭嫲 鴨嫲蹄／鸭嫲蹄