𤆬

𤆬 U+241AC, 𤆬
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-241AC
𤆫
[U+241AB]
CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B 𤆭
[U+241AD]

Translingual

Han character

𤆬 (radical 86, +4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹山火 (HUF), composition)

References


Chinese

simp. and trad.
𤆬
variant forms


𡥘 Teochew
“to marry”

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意) :  +  — the mother hen leads four chicks .

Etymology

Pronunciation


Definitions

𤆬

(Min Nan)
  1. to lead; to guide
  2. (of a man) to marry; to take a wife
  3. to take care of; to bring up; to nurture
    𤆬囡仔 [Min Nan]   chhōa gín-á [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]   to take care of a child; to babysit
  4. to kidnap

Usage notes

  • In Mandarin, this word is only used in names, such as 𤆬治 (chhōa-tī in Min Nan, homophone of 𤆬弟, "to lead to a brother"), given to girls to lead to the birth of a son.

Compounds

  • 𤆬路 (chhōa-lō͘)
  • 𤆬頭𤆬头 (chhōa-thâu)

References

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