Chinese

剩

/ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
to be left; to remain
  • Phono-semantic compound 形聲
  • HSK 5
  • TOCFL 5
  • radical 刀
  • 12 strokes
  • 賸

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Origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ɦljɯŋs): phonetic 乘 (OC *ɦljɯŋ, *ɦljɯŋs) + semantic 刀.

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Lineage

  • soundChinese乘 “to ascend; to go up”
  • meaningChinese刀 “knife; blade (Classifier: 把 m c g h j mb md w x; 張/张 c h; 叢/丛 mn; 支 mn mn-t)”

Words built on it: 剩下

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