埞

埞 U+57DE, 埞
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-57DE
← 埝
[U+57DD]
CJK Unified Ideographs 域 →
[U+57DF]

Translingual

Han character

埞 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 土十一人 (GJMO), four-corner 43181, composition ⿰土定)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 230, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5157
  • Dae Jaweon: page 466, character 26
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 458, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+57DE

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声) : semantic 土 (“land”) + phonetic 定.

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
埞
alternative forms 碇
定

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “埞方 - by assimilation in 地方?”)

Pronunciation


Definitions

埞

  1. (Cantonese) place; space
    你啲嘢多到冇埞躉㗎喇。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    你啲嘢多到冇埞趸㗎喇。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 di1 je5 do1 dou3 mou5 deng6 dan2 gaa3 laa3. [Jyutping]
    You have so much stuff that there is no space to put them.
    有錢冇埞使/有钱冇埞使 [Cantonese]  ―  jau5 cin4 mou5 deng6 sai2 [Jyutping]  ―  to have money but have nowhere to spend it
Synonyms

Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 埞 – see 堤 (“dyke; embankment; base of bottles; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 堤).

Japanese

Kanji

埞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): てい (tei)
  • Kun: つつみ (tsutsumi)
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