氼

氼	U+6C3C, 氼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C3C

← 氻
[U+6C3B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

氽 →
[U+6C3D]

Translingual

Han character

氼 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 水人 (EO) or X水人 (XEO), composition ⿱水𠆢)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 603, character 12

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17099

Dae Jaweon: page 997, character 7

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1547, character 2

Unihan data for U+6C3C

Chinese

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 水 (“water”) + 人 (“man”).

Etymology 1

Attested in Lingwai Daida (1178) among local characters used in Guangxi: 「氼，音魅，言沒人在水下也。」

Related to Min Nan 沬 (bī), Min Dong 沬 (mê), Hakka 沕 (mi⁴), Xiang 沕 ([mei˨˩]) (note that they all have tone 陽去).

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁶

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁶
  - Yale: meih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²²/

Definitions

氼

(chiefly Cantonese) to dive, to submerge

Compounds

氼水
氼鏡／氼镜

Etymology 2

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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