粤

See also: 粵

粤 U+7CA4, 粤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7CA4 ← 粣 [U+7CA3] CJK Unified Ideographs 粥 → [U+7CA5]

Translingual

Han character

粤 (Kangxi radical 119, 米+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹田一女尸 (HWMVS) or 難竹田一女 (XHWMV), composition ⿳丿𡇒丂)

Derived characters

• 𠿋 𪦪 𤀀 𨮁(𰾺)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 908, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26935
• Dae Jaweon: page 1334, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3147, character 8
• Unihan data for U+7CA4

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 粤 – see 粵 (“Yue people; Baiyue people; Guangdong; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 粵).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 粤

粤

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. alas

Readings

• Go-on: えち (echi)^{←ゑち (weti, historical)}、おち (ochi)^{←をち (woti, historical)}
• Kan-on: えつ (etsu)^{←ゑつ (wetu, historical)}
• Kun: ここに (kokoni, 粤に)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
粤
えつ Hyōgai
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 粵 (MC hjwot).

The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [e̞t͡sɨ]

Proper noun

粤(えつ) • (Etsu) ^{←ゑつ (Wetu)?}

1. alternative name for 広東 (Kanton, “Guangdong”)
2. (historical) alternative spelling for 越: the Yue people to the south of ancient China