𫬃


𫬃 U+2BB03, 𫬃
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-2BB03
← 𫬂
[U+2BB02] 		CJK Unified Ideographs Extension E 𫬄 →
[U+2BB04]

Translingual

Han character

𫬃 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+13, 16 strokes, composition ⿰口話)

  1. (Cantonese) it is said

References

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 𫬃

Etymology

Grammaticalization of 話／话 (waa6), with the tone change associated with its use as an evidential marker. May be an ancestor of 啝 (wo4), 喎／㖞 (wo5) as well as 喎／㖞 (wo3).[1]

Pronunciation

Definitions

𫬃

  1. (19th century Cantonese) Sentence-final modal particle used for reported speech; it is said.
    話佢少佢銀𫬃。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    话佢少佢银𫬃。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    From: Williams, Samuel Wells (1856) A tonic dictionary of the Chinese language in the Canton dialect[1]
    waa6 keoi5 siu2 keoi5 ngan4 waa2. [Jyutping]
    They said each had the other’s money.

References
  1. Yap, F. H., Yang, Y., & Wong, T. (2014). "8 On the Development of Sentence Final Particles (and Utterance Tags) in Chinese". In Discourse Functions at the Left and Right Periphery. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. DOI: 10.1163/9789004274822_009
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