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Translingual

Han character

(radical 82 +9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 大月竹手山 (KBHQU), four-corner 42214, composition ⿰⿱)

  1. to moult
  2. to change the coat of animals
  3. (Cantonese) muddled, confused

References

  • KangXi: page 595, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16899
  • Dae Jaweon: page 986, character 33
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2001, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+6BFB

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*ʔl'oːlʔ, *l'oːlʔ, *l'ol
*l̥ʰoːlʔ, *l'oːlʔ, *ljol
*l̥ʰoːlʔ, *l'oːlʔ, *hlol
*l̥ʰoːlʔ, *l'oːls
*l̥ʰoːlʔ
*l̥ʰoːls, *l'oːlʔ
*l̥ʰoːls, *l̥ʰoːds
*l'oːl
*l'oːlʔ
*l'oːlʔ, *l'oːls
*l'oːlʔ
*slolʔ
*slolʔ, *slols
*ljol
*hlol
*hlol
*lolʔ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (6) (6)
Final () (26) (95)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () I I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰuɑiH/ /tʰuɑH/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰʷɑiH/ /tʰuɑH/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰuɑiH/ /tʰuɑH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰwajH/ /tʰwaH/
Li
Rong
/tʰuɑiH/ /tʰuɑH/
Wang
Li
/tʰuɑiH/ /tʰuɑH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/tʰuɑiH/ /tʰuɑH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tuì tuò
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 5421 5432
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3 3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*l̥ʰoːls/ /*l̥ʰoːds/

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