嘜

嘜 (radical 30, 口+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 口十人弓 (RJON), four-corner 6402₇, composition ⿰口麥)

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 206, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4231
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 674, character 4
• Unihan data for U+561C

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 口 (“mouth; colloquial speech”) + phonetic 麥.

For etymologies 1–3, this is based on Cantonese 麥 (mak6).

For etymology 4, this is based on Mandarin 麥 (mài).

Borrowed from English mark, via Cantonese.

嘜

1. (dialectal) brand; trademark

   刀嘜 / 刀唛 [Cantonese]  ―  dou¹ mak¹ [Jyutping]  ―  Knife Brand (a brand of oil in Hong Kong)

Borrowed from English mug.

嘜

(Cantonese)

1. empty can
2. mug
3. Classifier for number of cups or cans of rice, etc.

   今晚多咗兩個人嚟黐餐，睇嚟要煲多一嘜米至夠。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   今晚多咗两个人嚟黐餐，睇嚟要煲多一唛米至够。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   Gam¹ maan⁵ do¹ zo² loeng⁵ go³ jan⁴ lai⁴ ci¹ caan¹, tai² lai⁴ jiu³ bou¹ do¹ jat¹ mak¹ mai⁵ zi³ gau³. [Jyutping]

   Since two more people are coming over for dinner tonight, it seems like we'll need to cook one more can of rice to have enough.

嘜

1. (Cantonese) great-great-grandson

嘜

1. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 莫 (mài, “don't”).

   • 嘜問多少人講閒啊話 [Taiwanese, trad.]
     唛问多少人讲闲啊话 [Taiwanese, simp.]

     From: 2012, 許富凱 (Henry Hsu), 決心

     Mài mn̄g gōa-chōe lâng kóng êng-á-ōe [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Don't ask how many people are gossiping

   • 互相嘜相找，你咱已經無關係。 [Taiwanese, trad.]
     互相唛相找，你咱已经无关系。 [Taiwanese, simp.]

     From: 2014, 郭婷筠 (Ara Guo), 嘜相找

     Hō͘-siong mài sio chhōe, lí lán í-keⁿ bô koan-hē. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Don't look for each other; we don't have a relationship anymore.

   • 愛我著嘜來害我，誓言著不通倒彈。 [Taiwanese, trad.]
     爱我著唛来害我，誓言著不通倒弹。 [Taiwanese, simp.]

     From: 2015, 陳百潭 and 曹雅雯 (Olivia Tsao), 愛我著嘜來害我

     Ài góa tio̍h mài lâi hāi góa, sè-giân tio̍h m̄-thang tò-tōaⁿ. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     If you love me, then don't hurt me; you must not take back your promise

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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• On (unclassified): ば (ba)

嘜 (mím, mỉm)

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