𦧺

𦧺	U+269FA, 𦧺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-269FA

← 𦧹
[U+269F9]

CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B

𦧻 →
[U+269FB]

Translingual

Han character

𦧺 (Kangxi radical 135, 舌+16, 22 strokes, cangjie input 竹口木中金 (HRDLC), four-corner 2768, composition ⿰舌賴)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1008, character 6

Unihan data for U+269FA

Chinese

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 舌 (“tongue”) + phonetic 賴.

Etymology

The vernacular reading of 舐, which preserves the Old Chinese initial *l-.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): laai²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: laai²
  - Yale: láai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: laai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: lai²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːi̯³⁵/

Definitions

𦧺 (Cantonese)

(transitive) to lick
(figurative, slang, transitive) to suck up to; to brownnose
𦧺共／𫇘共 [Cantonese] ― laai² gung⁶ [Jyutping] ― to suck up to the Communist Party of China

Usage notes

(to suck up to): Often takes objects that are abbreviated forms, as shown in the example. More often written as 奶.

Synonyms

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Compounds

𦧺嘢／𫇘嘢

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