嫲

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

Translingual

Han character

嫲 (Kangxi 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 (first edition): volume 8 (in addendum), page 18, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+5AF2

Chinese

trad. 嫲
simp. # 嫲

Glyph origin

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

Etymology

Cognate with 媽/妈 (mā, “mother”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation


Definitions

嫲

  1. (Cantonese) paternal grandmother
  2. (Hakka, Min Bei, suffix) female
    Antonym: 牯 (Hakka)
  3. (Hakka) Suffix for certain nouns, often indicating a large size.
    勺嫲 [Sixian Hakka]  ―  so̍k-mà [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]  ―  ladle

Synonyms

Compounds

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