𠕇

See also: 冇 and 有

𠕇 U+20547, 𠕇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-20547 ← 𠕆 [U+20546] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B 𠕈 → [U+20548]

Translingual

Han character

𠕇 (Kangxi radical 13, 冂+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 大月戈 (KBI), composition ⿵冇丶)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 129, character 5
• Unihan data for U+20547

Chinese

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 冇 + 丶. In Min Nan, 冇, which is 有 (“to have”) without the two inner strokes, is used to mean "empty, hollow", originally when describing grain kernels. Adding 丶 inside 冇 shows a full kernel in the hollow husk, therefore meaning "hard, solid".

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		𠕇
alternative forms		橂 奠 𠕆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diàn (dian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): din⁶
• Eastern Min (BUC): dâing
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tēng / tūiⁿ / tān / těng / tāiⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): doin⁷ / dain⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diàn
    • Wade–Giles: tien⁴
    • Yale: dyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diann
    • Palladius: дянь (djanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: din⁶
    • Yale: dihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: din⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: din⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn²²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dâing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taiŋ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tēng
    • Tâi-lô: tīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: deng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kinmen): /tiɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan): /tiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /teŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tūiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tuīnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dvui
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /tuĩ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tān
    • Tâi-lô: tān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dan
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tan²²/
  • (Hokkien: Lukang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: těng
    • Tâi-lô: tǐng
    • IPA (Lukang): /tiɪŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Tong'an)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tāinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dvai
    • IPA (Tong'an): /tãi²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: doin⁷ / dain⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tōiⁿ / tāiⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tõĩ¹¹/, /tãĩ¹¹/

Note:

• doin7 - Chaozhou;
• dain7 - Shantou, Chaoyang.

Definitions

𠕇

1. (Eastern Min, Southern Min) hard; solid

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		硬
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	硬
	Taiwan	硬
	Harbin	硬
	Singapore	硬
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	硬
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	硬
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	硬
	Xi'an	硬
	Xining	硬
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	硬
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	硬
	Lanzhou	硬
	Ürümqi	硬
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	硬
	Wuhan	硬
	Guiyang	硬奏, 硬
	Guilin	硬
	Liuzhou	硬
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	硬
	Yangzhou	硬
	Hefei	硬
Cantonese	Guangzhou	硬
	Hong Kong	硬
	Taishan	硬
	Dongguan	硬
	Yangjiang	硬
	Singapore (Guangfu)	硬
Gan	Nanchang	硬
	Lichuan	硬
	Pingxiang	硬
Hakka	Meixian	硬
	Yudu	硬
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	硬
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	硬
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	硬
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	硬
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	硬
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	丁
Huizhou	Jixi	硬
Jin	Taiyuan	硬
	Xinzhou	硬
Northern Min	Jian'ou	硬
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	硬, 𠕇
Southern Min	Xiamen	硬, 𠕇
	Quanzhou	硬, 𠕇
	Zhangzhou	硬, 𠕇
	Taipei	𠕇, 硬
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	𠕇, 硬
	Kaohsiung	𠕇, 硬
	Yilan	𠕇, 硬
	Changhua (Lukang)	𠕇, 硬
	Taichung	𠕇
	Tainan	𠕇, 硬
	Hsinchu	𠕇
	Kinmen	𠕇
	Penghu (Magong)	𠕇
	Singapore (Hokkien)	𠕇, 硬
	Manila (Hokkien)	𠕇, 硬
	Chaozhou	硬, 𠕇
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	𠕇
	Singapore (Teochew)	𠕇
	Leizhou	𠕇
	Wenchang	𠕇
	Haikou	硬, 𠕇
	Singapore (Hainanese)	硬
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	硬
Wu	Shanghai	硬
	Shanghai (Chongming)	硬
	Suzhou	硬
	Danyang	硬
	Hangzhou	硬
	Ningbo	硬
	Wenzhou	硬
	Jinhua	硬
Xiang	Changsha	硬
	Loudi	硬
	Shuangfeng	硬

Dialectal synonyms of 硬 (“hard”) [map]

Antonyms

• 軟／软 (ruǎn)

Derived terms

• 𠕇仁
• 𠕇實 / 𠕇实
• 𠕇擢
• 𠕇晶
• 𠕇篤 / 𠕇笃
• 𠕇脾
• 𠕇身

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 𠕇 – see 冇 (“to not have; to not exist; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 冇).

References

• “Entry #13568”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• “【𠕇】tīng (#415)”, in 臺灣閩南語按呢寫‎, Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2013.
• Teochew Pronunciation Dictionary (潮州音字典)
• Cantonese Pronunciation List of the Characters for Computers (U+E000)