See also:
U+561C, 嘜
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-561C

[U+561B]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+561D]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

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

References edit

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

Chinese edit

Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声) : semantic (mouth; colloquial speech) + phonetic .

For etymologies 1–4, this is based on Cantonese (mak6).

For etymology 6, this is based on Mandarin (mài).

Etymology 1 edit

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Borrowed from English mark, via Cantonese.

Pronunciation edit


Definitions edit

  1. (dialectal) brand; trademark
    [Cantonese]  ―  dou1 mak1 [Jyutping]  ―  Knife Brand (a brand of oil in Hong Kong)

Compounds edit

  • 嘜碼唛码
  • 嘜號唛号
  • 嘜頭唛头 (màitóu)
  • 肥仔嘜肥仔唛
  • 豬嘜猪唛
  • 豬頭嘜猪头唛
  • 雜嘜杂唛

Etymology 2 edit

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Borrowed from English mug.

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

(Cantonese)

  1. empty can
  2. mug
  3. Classifier for number of cups or cans of rice, etc.
    今晚黐餐睇嚟 [Cantonese, trad.]
    今晚黐餐睇嚟 [Cantonese, simp.]
    gam1 maan5 do1 zo2 loeng5 go3 jan4 lai4 ci1 caan1, tai2 lei4 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.

Etymology 3 edit

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “relation to sak1 and dak1?”)

Pronunciation edit


Definitions edit

  1. (Cantonese) great-great-grandson
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Etymology 4 edit

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alternative formsmark

Borrowed from English mark.

Pronunciation edit


Definitions edit

  1. (Cantonese) to mark; to make note of

Etymology 5 edit

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simp.

Pronunciation edit


Definitions edit

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

Etymology 6 edit

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Pronunciation edit


Definitions edit

  1. Alternative form of (microphone)
      ―  jīnmàijiǎng  ―  Golden Mic Awards

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings edit

  • On (unclassified): (ba)

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Nôm readings: mím, mỉm

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