Translingual

Han character

夃 (radical 34 夂+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 弓竹尸水 (NHSE) or 弓尸竹水 (NSHE), four-corner 1722₇, composition ⿵乃又)

1. (literally) to purchase (excessively)
2. (figuratively) to exceed, augment

References

• KangXi: page 244, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5693
• Dae Jaweon: page 485, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 393, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5903

Chinese

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 𠄎 ‎(“strain”) + 夂 ‎(“go slowly”) – straining and slowly moving (because having trouble with the abundance of goods carried).

From the Shuowen: “秦以市買多得爲夃。从𠄎从夂，益至也。从乃。[...]乃，難意也。” (“During the Qin, purchasing too much at the market was known as 夃. Derived from 𠄎 and 夂. It means "to exceed/augment." [𠄎 is] from 乃. [...] [In this context] 乃 means strain/trouble/difficulty”)

Pronunciation

Definitions

夃

(archaic) of 賈, to buy (excessively/abundantly)

夃

(archaic) of 赢, to augment, increase, add

Usage notes

The "yíng" reading is only used for the "to augment, increase, add" definition.

References

• (Cantonese) Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 90

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: こ (ko), く (ku), えい (ei)
• Kun: もうける (moukeru), うる (uru), しばらく (shibaraku)