𫬃

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

Translingual

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Han character

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

  1. (Cantonese) it is said

References

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.
𫬃

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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𫬃

  1. (19th century Cantonese) Sentence-final modal particle used for reported speech; it is said.
    𫬃 [Cantonese, trad.]
    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

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  1. 1.0 1.1 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