What does this character mean?

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Richard

What does this character mean?

Post by Richard »

please click on Mr. Thomas Chin's chinese char. dictionary. then click radical 169. This character has a 24 residual strokes. Actually, it is composed of 4 "doors" (2 up and 2 down). I guess that it is alredy an obsolete character but I want to know how it is pronounced and its meaning too.







Thanks a lot.








Regards,




Richard
Thomas Chan

Re: What does this character mean?

Post by Thomas Chan »

Richard wrote:
>
> please click on Mr. Thomas Chin's chinese char. dictionary.
> then click radical 169. This character has a 24 residual
> strokes. Actually, it is composed of 4 "doors" (2 up and 2
> down). I guess that it is alredy an obsolete character but I
> want to know how it is pronounced and its meaning too.

According to the _Hanyu Da Zidian_ 漢語大字典, that character (U+28DFE)
is pronounced dang4 in Mandarin. It only has the following:
《改併四聲篇海·門部》﹕引《搜真玉鏡》﹕“~﹐音蕩﹐又音奪。”
which supports the dang4 reading (i.e., same reading as 蕩), but also
suggests a duo2 reading (that of 奪). I don't know why the _Hanyu
Da Zidian_ doesn't say duo2 too, even though the citation it gives
provides that information. No meaning information was provided--
probably no one knows anymore.


Thomas Chan
tc31@cornell.edu
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