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掂

掂

Translingual

Han character

掂 (radical 64 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手戈卜口 (QIYR), four-corner 50061, composition ⿰扌店)

  1. to heft, hold or weigh in palm

References

  • KangXi: page 436, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12235
  • Dae Jaweon: page 785, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1903, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+6382

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (占) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
頕 *taːm
煔 *ɦlaːm, *hljems, *hl'eːms
炶 *ɦlaːm
詀 *rteːm, *rdeːms, *teːm, *tʰjeb
站 *rteːms
檆 *sreːm
黏 *nem
粘 *nem
枮 *slem, *ʔl'ɯm
霑 *tem
沾 *tem, *teːms, *tʰeːm
覘 *tems, *tʰem
鉆 *tʰem, *ɡrem, *tʰeːb
占 *ʔljem, *tjems
颭 *tjemʔ
佔 *tjems, *teːm
苫 *hljem, *hljems
痁 *hljem, *teːms
蛅 *njem
阽 *lem
敁 *teːm
掂 *tiːm
點 *teːmʔ
玷 *teːmʔ, *teːms
店 *tiːms
坫 *tiːms, *tim
黇 *tʰeːm
扂 *deːmʔ
拈 *neːm
鮎 *neːm
砧 *ʔl'ɯm
笘 *teːb
跕 *teːb, *tʰeːb
貼 *tʰeːb
帖 *tʰeːb
怗 *tʰeːb
呫 *tʰeːb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *tiːm) : semantic 扌 ‎(“hand”) + phonetic 店 ‎(OC *tiːms).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
 掂
alt. forms 敁

Pronunciation

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 掂
Reading # 1/1
No. 16720
Phonetic
component		 占
Rime
group		 侵
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 𩬑
Old
Chinese		 /*tiːm/
Notes 敁晚起分化字

Definitions

掂

  1. to weigh in the hand
  2. to break; to snap off
  3. to haggle over; to bother about
  4. to take

Compounds

  • 扎掂
  • 掂倈
  • 掂對／掂对
  • 掂折
  • 掂掇
  • 掂提
  • 掂斤估兩／掂斤估两
  • 掂斤抹兩／掂斤抹两
  • 掂斤播兩／掂斤播两
  • 掂梢折本
  • 掂腳舒腰／掂脚舒腰
  • 掂詳／掂详
  • 掂過兒／掂过儿
  • 掂量
  • 沒掂三／没掂三

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
 掂
alt. forms 𠶧

Pronunciation

Definitions

掂 (Cantonese)

  1. straight; upright
  2. (of matters) settled; steady; OK
  3. (of speech) clear and smooth

Compounds

  • 傾掂／倾掂
  • 唔得掂
  • 唔掂
  • 掂當／掂当
  • 掂過轆蔗／掂过辘蔗
  • 搞掂

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.
 掂
alt. forms 玷

Pronunciation

Definitions

掂 (Cantonese)

  1. to touch

Japanese

Kanji

掂

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Readings

Vietnamese

Han character

掂 (giếm)

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