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Translingual
Han character
𡢃 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女日弓日 (VANA), composition ⿰女間)
References
Chinese
Etymology 1
For pronunciation and definitions of 𡢃 – see 嫻 (“elegant, gentle and quiet; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 嫻). |
Etymology 2
From 囝 / 囡 (kán, “son; child”) as in Quanzhou Hokkien 囝仔 / 囡仔 (kán-á, “child”) as per Douglas (1873).
Pronunciation
Definitions
𡢃
- (Hokkien, historical) slave girl; concubine
- 查某𡢃／查某㛠 [Hokkien] ― cha-bó͘-kán [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― female concubine; slave-girl; maidservant girl (literally, “female child”)
Compounds
References
- “Query for 𡢃”, in 臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
- Douglas, Carstairs (1873), “kán”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, With the Principal Variations of the Chang-chew and Chin-chew Dialects. (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 194; New Edition, With Corrections by the Author., Thomas Barclay, Lîm Iàn-sîn 林燕臣, London: Publishing Office of the Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 194