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U+723A, 爺
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-723A

[U+7239]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+723B]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 88, +9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金大尸十中 (CKSJL), four-corner 80127, composition )

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 690, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19734
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1103, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2040, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+723A

Chinese[edit]

trad.
simp.
alternative forms
𤕓
𨈺
👴 Mainland Internet slang

Glyph origin[edit]

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *laː) : semantic (father) + phonetic (OC *laː).

Etymology[edit]

Vovin and McCraw (2011) compare it to Old Turkic [script needed] (uya, relative).

Pronunciation[edit]


Note:
  • ia2 - vernacular (“father”);
  • ie2 - literary (“grandfather”).

    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 14762
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*laː/
    Notes

    Definitions[edit]

    1. (literary, dialectal or in compounds) father
        ―  niáng  ―  father and mother
      兩仔两仔 [Cantonese]  ―  loeng5 zai2 je4 [Jyutping]  ―  father and son
    2. grandfather
    3. (polite) grandpa; sir (term of address for an elderly man)
    4. (archaic, honorific) sir (term of address for a rich or influential man)
    5. (honorific) term of address for gods and the Buddha
    6. (colloquial, derogatory or familiar, Northern China, male) I; me

    Synonyms[edit]

    Coordinate terms[edit]

    Compounds[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

    Alternative forms[edit]

    Kanji in this term
    じじい
    Hyōgaiji
    kun’yomi
    Kanji in this term
    じじ
    Hyōgaiji
    kun’yomi
    Kanji in this term
    じい
    Hyōgaiji
    kun’yomi

    Kanji[edit]

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

    1. old man
    2. grandfather

    Readings[edit]

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    (じい) (ぢい (dii)?

    1. a grandfather
      (じい)さん
      (o) jī-san
      grandfather
      (じい)ちゃん
      (o) jī-chan
      grandpa; granddad

    (じい) or (じじ) or (じゞ) or (じじい) or (じゞい) ( or jiji or jijīぢい (dii) or ぢぢ (didi) or ぢぢい (didii)?

    1. an old man; a geezer; a gramps
      (じい)ちゃん
      (o) jī-chan
      mister

    See also[edit]

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    (eumhun 아비 (abi ya))

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    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    : Hán Nôm readings: gia

    1. chữ Hán form of gia.