𤗈

𤗈

𤗈 U+245C8, 𤗈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-245C8 ← 𤗇 [U+245C7] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B 𤗉 → [U+245C9]

Translingual

Han character

𤗈 (radical 91, 片+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中中卜廿女 (LLYTV), composition ⿰片妾)

References

• KangXi: page 91, character 80
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2017, character 5
• Unihan data for U+245C8

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		𤗈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiè (xie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˋ
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieh
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/

Definitions

𤗈

1. ^‡ Used in 𤗈牒 (“small wedge”).
2. ^‡ bamboo slips used for writing

Etymology 2

Compare Wuming Zhuang saeb (“to insert into a gap”), Hlai nyiep (/ȵiːp⁷/, “to insert into a gap”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sip³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sip³
    • Yale: sip
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sip⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: xib³
    • IPA ^(key): /siːp̚³/

Definitions

𤗈

1. (Cantonese) to squeeze in; to stuff in

   𤗈封信入門罅 / 𤗈封信入门罅 [Cantonese]  ―  sip³ fung¹ seon³ jap⁶ mun⁴ laa³ [Jyutping]  ―  Squeeze the letter into the gap between the door and its frame

2. (Cantonese) to put something under something else to raise it