𢃇

𢃇 U+220C7, 𢃇
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-220C7
← 𢃆
[U+220C6]
CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B 𢃈 →
[U+220C8]

Translingual

Han character

𢃇 (Kangxi radical 50, 巾+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 中月田土 (LBWG), composition ⿰巾里)

Further reading

Chinese

simp. and trad.
𢃇
alternative forms 履

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声) : semantic 巾 (“cloth”) + phonetic 里.

Etymology

From 利 (lei6, “benefit; profit”), used as a euphemism for 帆 (faan4, “sail”), which is a (near-)homophone of 煩/烦 (faan4, “to be annoyed”) or 翻 (faan1, “to overturn; to capsize”) (Chan, 1998).

Pronunciation


Definitions

𢃇

  1. (Cantonese, Southern Pinghua) sail
    有風使盡𢃇/有风使尽𢃇 [Cantonese]  ―  jau5 fung1 sai2 zeon6 lei5 [Jyutping]  ―  to fully exploit an opportunity

Synonyms

Compounds

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