𢯎

𢯎

𢯎 U+22BCE, 𢯎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-22BCE ← 𢯍 [U+22BCD] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B 𢯏 → [U+22BCF]

Translingual

Han character

𢯎 (radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手大大月 (QKKB), composition ⿰扌肴)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 440, character 18
• Unihan data for U+22BCE

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		𢯎
variant forms		𢲷 R (aau1)

Etymology

Compare Zhuang gaeu (“to scratch an itch”), Thai เกา (gao, “to scratch”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaau¹, aau¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaau¹, aau¹
    • Yale: ngāau, āau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaau¹, aau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngao¹, ao¹
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋäːu̯⁵⁵/, /äːu̯⁵⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Definitions

𢯎

1. (Cantonese) to scratch (an itch)

   𢯎痕 [Cantonese]  ―  ngaau¹ han⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  to scratch an itch

   𢯎頭 / 𢯎头 [Cantonese]  ―  ngaau¹ tau⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  to scratch one's head

Synonyms

• (to scratch):

Dialectal synonyms of 搔 (“to scratch (an itch)”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		搔
Mandarin	Beijing	搔, 抓
Cantonese	Guangzhou	𢯎, 搲
	Hong Kong	𢯎, 搲
	Taishan	搲
Min Nan	Xiamen	扒
	Quanzhou	扒
	Zhangzhou	扒
	Philippines (Manila)	扒
	Shantou	扒
Wu	Wenzhou	抓