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𦧺

𦧺 U+269FA, 𦧺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-269FA ← 𦧹 [U+269F9] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B 𦧻 → [U+269FB]

Translingual

Han character

𦧺 (radical 135, 舌+16, 22 strokes, cangjie input 竹口木中金 (HRDLC), four-corner 2768, composition ⿰舌賴)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1008, character 6
• Unihan data for U+269FA

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Chinese

trad.		𦧺
simp.		𫇘

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 舌 (“tongue”) + phonetic 賴 (OC *raːds).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laai², laai⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: laai², laai⁵
    • Yale: láai, láaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laai², laai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lai², lai⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /läːi̯³⁵/, /läːi̯¹³/

Definitions

𦧺

(Cantonese)

1. to lick
2. (figuratively, slang) to suck up to (someone); to brownnose

Synonyms

• (to lick): 舔 (tiǎn); 舐 (shì); (Min Nan) 哴 (liàng)

Compounds

𦧺嘢