嘢

嘢 (radical 30, 口+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 口田土弓 (RWGN), composition ⿰口野)

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 206, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 676, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5622

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 口 + phonetic 野.

Possibly from 也 (MC jia^X, “affirmation particle”).

嘢

(Cantonese)

1. thing; matter (Classifier: 樣／样)

   好嘢！ [Cantonese]  ―  Hou² je⁵! [Jyutping]  ―  Good stuff! Hooray!

   講人哋嘅嘢 / 讲人哋嘅嘢 [Cantonese]  ―  gong² jan⁴ dei⁶ ge³ je⁵ [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this example)

2. stuff; goods; article (Classifier: 樣／样)
3. (derogatory) guy; fellow; devil (Classifier: 個／个; 條／条)
4. Classifier for occurrences of events.

   叫咗佢唔好再捽眼，但係佢係都要捽多幾嘢㗎喎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   叫咗佢唔好再捽眼，但系佢系都要捽多几嘢㗎㖞。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   Giu³ zo² keoi⁵ m⁴ hou² zoi³ zeot¹ ngaan⁵, daan⁶ hai⁶ keoi⁵ hai⁶ dou¹ jiu³ cyut³ do¹ gei² je⁵ gaa³ wo³. [Jyutping]

   I told him to stop rubbing his eyes, but he still goes on rubbing it a few more times.