Translingual

Han character

㺔 (radical 94 犬+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 大竹戈大火 (KHIKF))

1. a kind of beast
2. a legendary monster

References

• KangXi: page 718, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1369, character 1
• Unihan data for U+3E94

Cantonese

Hanzi

㺔 ‎(Jyutping faai1, hoi6, Yale faai1, hoi6)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

㺔 ‎(Pinyin hài (hai4), huī (hui1), Wade-Giles hai⁴, hui¹)

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Middle Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• 𤠅
• 𤢇

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *-vɔːj; compare archaic Chinese 爲 ‎(vi, vị)

Noun

㺔 ‎(voi)

1. elephant

Descendants

• Vietnamese: voi (㺔)

Vietnamese

Character

• Nôm: voi, vỏi

Noun

㺔 ‎(voi)

1. elephant