𤆬

𤆬 U+241AC, 𤆬
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-241AC
𤆫
[U+241AB]
CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B 𤆭
[U+241AD]

Translingual

Han character

𤆬 (Kangxi radical 86, +4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹山火 (HUF), composition )

References

Chinese

simp. and trad.
𤆬
alternative forms


𡥘 Teochew
chiefly “to marry”

Glyph origin

Created for Hokkien. Ngô͘ Siú-lé (吳守禮) suggests that it is an ideogrammic compound (會意) : (feathers (representing the feathers of a mother hen)) + (four dots (representing four chicks)) — a mother hen leading and protecting four chicks under her feathers.

Etymology

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Pronunciation


Definitions

𤆬 (Min Nan, Puxian Min)

  1. to lead; to guide
  2. (of a man) to marry; to take a wife
    Synonym: ()
  3. to take care of; to bring up; to nurture
    𤆬囡仔 [Hokkien]   chhōa gín-á [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]   to take care of a child; to babysit
  4. to kidnap

Usage notes

  • In Mandarin, this word is only used in names, such as 𤆬治 (chhōa-tī in Min Nan, homophone of 𤆬弟, "to lead to a brother"), given to girls to lead to the birth of a son.

Synonyms

Compounds

  • 引𤆬 (ín-chhōa)
  • 相𤆬 (sio-chhōa)
  • 育𤆬 (io-chhōa)
  • 𤆬領𤆬领 (chhōa-niá)
  • 𤆬頭𤆬头 (chhōa-thâu)

References

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