揈

揈 U+63C8, 揈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63C8 ← 揇 [U+63C7] CJK Unified Ideographs 揉 → [U+63C9]

揈 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 手心卜口 (QPYR), four-corner 5702₀, composition ⿰扌訇)

• 㧦 (Orthodox form of 揈 when pronounced "xuàn" in Mandarin)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 441, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12329
• Dae Jaweon: page 792, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1922, character 6
• Unihan data for U+63C8

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰʷreːŋ) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 訇 (OC *ɡʷiːn, *qʰʷreːŋ).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “all related? Hakka 拂 (fin) seems to be cognate with Cantonese fing6”)

simp. and trad.		揈
alternative forms		㧦 轟／轰 “to drive away” 封 Min Nan

揈

1. ^† (onomatopoeia) the sound of a strike.
2. to drive away; to expel
3. to sell
4. (Southern Min) to slap (someone on their face)

simp. and trad.		揈

揈

1. (literary) to strike; to beat
2. (Cantonese) to hit someone hard (with a fist, a stick, etc.)

simp. and trad.		揈
alternative forms		捹 𢫕 fing

Compare Bouyei veengh (“to fling”) and Lingao feŋ² (“to toss”).

揈

1. (Cantonese) to sway; to swing
2. (Cantonese) to shake
3. (Cantonese, figurative) to spend (money) lavishly

   將啲錢亂咁揈 [Cantonese, trad.]
   将啲钱乱咁揈 [Cantonese, simp.]

   zoeng¹ di¹ cin⁴ lyun⁶ gam³ fing⁶ [Jyutping]

   to waste money; to spend money recklessly

• (Cantonese) 掝 (fik⁶, fak⁶, “to swing; to wave”)

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C04322
• “揈”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

For pronunciation and definitions of 揈 – see 掬 (“to grasp or hold with both hands; to recoil; to tighten; to draw back; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 掬).

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01607-006#62

For pronunciation and definitions of 揈 – see 㧦 (“to hit; to strike; to kick”). (This character is a variant form of 㧦).

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C04194-001#26

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• On (unclassified): こう (kō)、けん (ken)、きく (kiku)
• Kun: うつ (utsu)