粤

粤

See also: 粵

粤 U+7CA4, 粤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7CA4 ← 粣 [U+7CA3] CJK Unified Ideographs 粥 → [U+7CA5]

Translingual

Han character

粤 (radical 119, 米+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹田一女尸 (HWMVS) or X竹田一女 (XHWMV), composition ⿱⿴丿囗米丂)

References

• KangXi: page 908, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26935
• Dae Jaweon: page 1334, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3147, character 8
• Unihan data for U+7CA4

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 粤 – see 粵 (“Guangdong; etc.”). (This character, 粤, is the simplified form of 粵.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji

粤

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. alas

Readings

• Go-on: えち (echi)^{←ゑち (weti, historical)}; おち (ochi)^{←をち (woti, historical)}
• Kan-on: えつ (etsu)^{←ゑつ (wetu, historical)}
• Kun: ここに (kokoni, 粤に)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
粤
えつ Hyōgaiji
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 粵 (MC ɦʉɐt̚).

The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • IPA^(key): [e̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Proper noun

粤 (hiragana えつ, rōmaji Etsu, historical hiragana ゑつ)

1. alternate name for 広東 (Kanton, “Guangdong”)
2. (historical) alternate spelling for 越: the Yue people to the south of ancient China