舐
Meanings
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- 1.to lick
- 2.to lap (up)
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Wiktionary
- 1.to lick; to lap; to stroke with the tongue
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ɦljeʔ): semantic 舌 (“tongue”) + phonetic 氏 (OC *skeŋ, *kje, *ɡjeʔ). The glyphs recorded in Shuowen are 舓 (shì) (with phonetic 易 (OC *leːɡs, *leɡ)) and 𦧇 (with phonetic 也 (OC *laːlʔ)). From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s/g-ljak (“to lick; tongue”). The Cantonese vernacular reading laai² preserves the Old Chinese initial *l-.
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Stroke order
Components
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