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𢃇

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𢃇 U+220C7, 𢃇
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-220C7
𢃆
[U+220C6]
CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B 𢃈
[U+220C8]

Translingual

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Han character

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𢃇 (Kangxi radical 50, +7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 中月田土 (LBWG), composition )

Further reading

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.
𢃇
alternative forms

Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声) : semantic (cloth) + phonetic .

Etymology

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From (lei6, “benefit; profit”), used as a euphemism for (faan4, “sail”), which is a (near-)homophone of (faan4, “to be annoyed”) or (faan1, “to overturn; to capsize”) (Chan, 1998).

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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𢃇

  1. (Cantonese, Southern Pinghua) sail
    有風使盡𢃇有风使尽𢃇 [Cantonese]  ―  jau5 fung1 sai2 zeon6 lei5 [Jyutping]  ―  to fully exploit an opportunity

Synonyms

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Compounds

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