曳

曳 (Kangxi radical 73, 曰+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 中田心 (LWP), four-corner 5000₆)

• KangXi: page 502, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14282
• Dae Jaweon: page 874, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1486, character 5
• Unihan data for U+66F3

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曳

1. ^† to drag; to pull

   • 填然鼓之，兵刃既接，棄甲曳兵而走。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     填然鼓之，兵刃既接，弃甲曳兵而走。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Tián rán gǔ zhī, bīng rèn jì jiē, qì jiǎ yè bīng ér zǒu. [Pinyin]

     The soldiers move forward to the sound of the drums; and after their weapons have been crossed, on one side they throw away their coats of mail, trail their arms behind them, and run.

   Synonyms: 拽 (zhuài), 拖 (tuō), 拉 (lā)

2. ^† to float in the wind; to sway
3. ^† tired; fatigued

Compare Zhuang yaez.

曳

1. (Cantonese) naughty; ill-behaved; unruly
2. (Cantonese) of poor quality

• (naughty): (Cantonese) 乖 (gwaai1)

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01832
• “曳”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. drag, pull

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• Go-on: えい (ei)^{←えい (ei, historical)←𛀁い (yei, ancient)}
• Kan-on: えい (ei)^{←えい (ei, historical)←𛀁い (yei, ancient)}
• Kun: ひき (hiki, 曳); ひく (hiku, 曳く)

Used in Old Japanese as 借音 (shakuon) kana for ⟨ye⟩.

From Middle Chinese 曳 (MC jiᴇiH).

• IPA^(key): [e̞ː]

曳(えい) • (ei) 

1. drag; pull

(The following entry is uncreated: ひき.)

曳 (eum 예 (ye))

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曳: Hán Nôm readings: dấy

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