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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 64 +10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 手戈竹火 (QIHF) or X手戈竹火 (XQIHF), four-corner 53050, composition)

  1. (Cantonese, Sichuanese) to tear, peel, twist with the fingers

References

  • KangXi: page 447, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12495
  • Dae Jaweon: page 798, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1930, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+6423

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*med
*med
*hmed
*smid
*smid
*smid

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (4)
Final () (81)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/miᴇt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/miɛt̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/mjæt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/miat̚/
Li
Rong
/miɛt̚/
Wang
Li
/mĭɛt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mi̯ɛt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
miè
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 13943
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*med/

Definitions

  1. (Cantonese) to tear apart with the fingers
    / [Cantonese]   mit1 hoi1 [Jyutping]   to tear open

Synonyms

  • (Mandarin) ()

References


Vietnamese

Han character

(dạt, giạt)

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