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Codepoint: U+55C7 (21959) Unified

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Definitions

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  1. stingy

Unihan definition

miserly, thrifty, stingy; stopped up, constipated

說文解字

部: 嗇部

愛瀒也。从來从㐭。來者,㐭而藏之。故田夫謂之嗇夫。凡嗇之屬皆从嗇。

康熙字典

部: 口部10畫 共13畫

〔古文〕𠻮𤲝𤳋𤲷
【唐韻】所力切【集韻】【韻會】殺測切,𠀤音色。
【說文】本作𠻮。愛濇也。从來从㐭。來者,㐭而藏之,故田夫謂之嗇夫。
【玉篇】愛也,慳貪也。
【易·說卦傳】爲吝嗇。
【左傳·襄二十六年】嗇于𥚽。【註】嗇,貪也。
又【老子·道德經】治人事天莫如嗇。【註】嗇者,有餘不盡用之意。
又【史記·倉公傳】脈嗇而不屬。
又官名。
【書·胤征】嗇夫馳。【註】嗇夫,主幣之官。
【詩·小雅·田畯至喜箋】田畯,司嗇,今之嗇夫也。
【史記·張釋之傳】虎圈嗇夫。【註】正義曰:掌虎圈,百官表有鄉嗇夫,此其類也。
又與穡同。
【儀禮·特牲饋食禮】主人出寫嗇于房。【註】嗇者,農力之成功。
【前漢·成帝紀】服田力嗇。

廣韻 Guangyun

部: 入聲|24.職

愛惜也又貪也慳也又積也又姓説文作嗇愛歰也从來㐭來麥也來者靣而藏之故田夫謂之嗇夫

Variant-specific definitions (8)

啬 (U+556C)

Unihan definition

miserly, thrifty; stingy

𠎸 (U+203B8)

康熙字典

【集韻】同嗇。
又姓。

𠻮 (U+20EEE)

康熙字典

【字彙補】古文嗇字。註詳十畫。

𠾂 (U+20F82)

康熙字典

【說文】嗇本字。

𢋦 (U+222E6)

康熙字典

【餘文】與嗇同。

𤲝 (U+24C9D)

康熙字典

【集韻】嗇古作𤲝。註詳口部十畫。

𤲷 (U+24CB7)

康熙字典

【五音集韻】古文穡字。註詳禾部十三畫。

𤳋 (U+24CCB)

康熙字典

【集韻】嗇古作𤳋。註詳口部十畫。

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Pronunciation

Translingual 1
Fanqie 1
Mandarin Chinese 15
Standard Mandarin 1
Beijing 1
Jinan 2
Xian 1
Wuchang 1
Guilin(Lingui) 1
Liuzhou(Luorong) 1
Hefei 1
Menggu Ziyun 6
  • Menggu Ziyun 蒙古字韻 (Phags-pa script): ꡮꡜꡞꡭ ((Nk2028/menggu-ziyun-data, 2025))
  • Menggu Ziyun 蒙古字韻 (Phags-pa script): ꡮꡜꡞꡭ (Nk2028/menggu-ziyun-data, 2025)
  • Menggu Ziyun 蒙古字韻 (IPA): ʂħij ((Nk2028/menggu-ziyun-data, 2025))
  • Menggu Ziyun 蒙古字韻 (IPA): ʂħij (Nk2028/menggu-ziyun-data, 2025)
  • Menggu Ziyun 蒙古字韻 tone: 入 ((Nk2028/menggu-ziyun-data, 2025))
  • Menggu Ziyun 蒙古字韻 tone: 入 (Nk2028/menggu-ziyun-data, 2025)
Jin Chinese 2
Taiyuan 2
Wu Chinese 10
Suzhou 1
Shanghai(Sanlintang) 1
Wenzhou 1
Yunhe 1
Kaihua 1
Longyou 1
Changshan 1
Yushan 1
Suichang 1
Pucheng(Nanpuzhenchengguanhua) 1
Gan Chinese 1
Jianning(Chengguanhua) 1
Xiang Chinese 4
Zhangsha 1
Shuangfeng 1
Quanzhou(Xiancheng) 1
Guanyang(Wenshi) 1
Min Chinese 20
Shamen 1
Zhangpu 1
Chaozhou(Hanyufangyinzihui) 1
Chenghai 1
Xianyou(Chengguanhua) 1
Gutian 1
Fuzhou 1
Fuqing 1
Zherong 1
Fuan 1
Ningde 1
Chongan(Chongchengzhenchengguanhua) 1
Shibei 1
Jianyang(Tanchengzhenchengguanhua) 1
Jianou 1
Jianou(Shizhi) 1
Mingxi(Chengguanhua) 1
Pingnan(Shangduyabu)(Guangxihanyufangyan) 1
Zhongshan(Longdou)(Zhujiangsanjiaozhou) 1
Mangu(Chaozhouhua) 1
Yue Chinese 74
Cantonese 1
Lechang 1
Renhua 1
Shaoguan 1
Yingde 1
Fugang 1
Qingyuan 1
Conghua(Chengnei) 1
Huaxian(Huashan) 1
Guiping(Xiancheng) 1
Zengcheng(Xiancheng) 1
Sanshui(Xinan) 1
Guangzhou 1
Zhaoqing(Gaoyao) 1
Foshan(Shiqu) 1
Panyu(Shiqiao) 1
Yunfu(Yuncheng) 1
Nanhai(Shatou) 1
Gaoming(Mingcheng) 1
Shunde(Daliang) 1
Xinxing 1
Xianggang(Shiqu) 1
Aomen(Shiqu) 1
Ningming(Xiancheng) 1
Beihai(Lianzhouzhen) 1
Beihai(Nankangzhen) 1
Beihai(Shatianzhenhaibianhua) 1
Beihai(Shiqubaihua) 1
Beihai(Yingpanzhenwahua) 1
Bose(Shinei) 1
Nanning(Shinei) 1
Qinzhou(Shinei) 1
Beihai(Shinei) 1
Heshan(Yayao) 1
Jiangmen(Baisha) 1
Xinhui(Huicheng) 1
Kaiping(Chikan) 1
Doumen(Shanghengshuishanghua) 1
Taishan(Taicheng) 1
Doumen(Doumenzhen) 1
Enping(Niujiang) 1
Lingui(Wutong)(Tuhua) 1
Rongshui(Xiancheng)(Tuguaihua) 1
Pingle(Zhangjia)(Tuhua) 1
Lianshan(Butian) 1
Yizhou(Desheng)(Baixinghua) 1
Yangshan 1
Mengshan(Xihe) 1
Xindou(Pumen) 1
Huaiji 1
Bose(Nabi)(Pinghua) 1
Guangning 1
Wuxuan(Zhangcun)(Yahua) 1
Fengkai(Nanfeng) 1
Sihui 1
Yunan(Pingtai) 1
Binyang(Xinqiao)(Binyanghua) 1
Deqing 1
Guigang(Nanjiang) 1
Nanning(Shajing)(Pinghua) 1
Luoding 1
Beiliu(Tangliao) 1
Hengxian(Xiancheng) 1
Fusui(Longtou)(Pinghua) 1
Chongzuo(Sipaihua)(Pinghua) 1
Bobai(Xiancheng) 1
Lingshan(Xiancheng) 1
Pubei(Xiancheng) 1
Zhongshan(Shiqi) 1
Zhuhai(Qianshan) 1
Dongguan(Guancheng) 1
Baoan(Shajing) 1
Xianggang(Xinjiejintian) 1
Mangu(Guangfuhua) 1
Pinghua 14
Longsheng(Hongyao) 1
Lingchuan(Sanjie) 1
Lingchuan(Tanxia) 1
Guilin(Chaoyang) 1
Guilin(Yanshanzhuyuan) 1
Yongfu(Taocheng) 1
Yangshuo(Jima) 1
Lingui(Wutong) 1
Rongshui(Rongshuizhen) 1
Tiandong(Linfeng) 1
Hengxian(Hengzhou) 1
Fusui(Longtou) 1
Tengxian(Tengcheng) 1
Yulin(Fumian) 1
Hakka Chinese 18
Conghua(Lütian) 1
Meixian(Guangdong) 1
Huizhou(Shiqu) 1
Dongguan(Qingxi) 1
Shenzhen(Shatoujiao) 1
Ningdouxianmeijiangzhen 1
Shangyouxianshexixiangjiangtou 1
Xiushuixianhuangshaqiaoxiang 1
Nanningmashan(Pianlian) 1
Yulinxingye(Gaofengxiang) 1
Yulinrongxian(Xiandizhenxiandicun) 1
Yulinbeiliu(Xilangzhenmumiancun) 1
Yulinbeiliu(Tangan) 1
Yulinfumian(Qiaozhenxinshacun) 1
Yulinluchuan(Hengshanxiangsihecun) 1
Yulinbobai(Xintianzhencuntoucun) 1
Zhongshan(Nanlangheshui) 1
Mangu(Banshankehua) 1
Other Sinitic varieties 5
Fuchuan(Qidouhua) 1
Fuchuan(Badouhua) 1
Zhongshan(Gongan) 1
Hezhou(Jiudouhua) 1
Hunan(Daoxian) 1
Middle Chinese 5
Baxter–Sagart (2014) 1
Guangyun 2
  • Guangyun Rime 廣韻音韻: 職 (Guangyun (Siku))
  • Guangyun Tone 廣韻聲調: 入聲 (Guangyun (Siku))
Menggu Ziyun 2
  • Qieyun-system phonological position: 生開三蒸入 ((Nk2028/menggu-ziyun-data, 2025))
  • Qieyun-system phonological position: 生開三蒸入 (Nk2028/menggu-ziyun-data, 2025)
Old Chinese 1
Baxter–Sagart (2014) 1
Japonic 3
Japanese 3
Koreanic 2
Korean 2

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