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U+5622, 嘢
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5622

[U+5621]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5623]

Translingual

Han character

(radical 30 +11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 口田土弓 (RWGN), composition)

References


Chinese

simp. and trad.
alt. forms

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic  + phonetic .

Etymology

Possibly from (MC jiaX, “affirmation particle”).

Pronunciation


Definitions

(Cantonese)

  1. thing; matter   (Classifier: c)
    [Cantonese]   Hou2je5! [Jyutping]   Good stuff! Hooray!
  2. stuff; goods; article   (Classifier: c)
  3. (derogatory) guy; fellow; devil
  4. Classifier for occurrences of events.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 東西 (“thing, object”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 東西
Mandarin Beijing 東西
Jinan 東西
Xi'an 東西
Wuhan 東西家伙
Chengdu 東西
Yangzhou 東子、東西
Hefei 東西
Cantonese Guangzhou
Hong Kong
Taishan
Yangjiang
Gan Nanchang 東西
Hakka Meixian 東西
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 東西
Liudui (S. Sixian) 東西
Hsinchu (Hailu) 東西
Dongshi (Dabu) 東西
Zhuolan (Raoping) 東西
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 物件
Jin Taiyuan 東西
Min Bei Jian'ou 物事
Min Dong Fuzhou
Min Nan Quanzhou 物件
Xiamen 物件
Zhangzhou 物件
Taipei 物件
Kaohsiung 物仔、物件
Tainan 物仔、物件
Taichung 物件
Yilan 物仔、物件
Lukang 物件
Sanxia 物件
Kinmen 物件
Magong 物件
Hsinchu 物件
Chaozhou 物件
Wu Shanghai 物事
Suzhou 物事
Wenzhou 物事物色名堂
Xiang Changsha 東西家伙
Shuangfeng 東西家伙

Compounds