U+5C59, 屙
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C59

[U+5C58]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5C5A]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 44, +8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 尸弓中口 (SNLR), four-corner 77221, composition )

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 302, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7727
  • Dae Jaweon: page 599, character 32
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 976, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+5C59

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
alternative forms



𡱻

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Warring States
Bronze inscriptions
 

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

Etymology

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From a substrate Kra-Dai language. Compare Zhuang ok (to emit, to produce, to defecate, to urinate, to fart).

Pronunciation

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Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Definitions

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  1. (dialectal) to defecate or urinate; to excrete
  2. (dialectal) to have diarrhea
    次次雪糕 [Cantonese, trad.]
    次次雪糕 [Cantonese, simp.]
    keoi5 ci3 ci3 sik6 syut3 gou1 dou1 wui5 o1 gaa3. [Jyutping]
    He has diarrhea every time he eats ice cream.

Synonyms

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Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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  • On (unclassified): (a)
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