𢬿

𢬿 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 手戈廿 (QIT), composition ⿰扌戒)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 433, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1877, character 13
• Unihan data for U+22B3F

𢬿

1. (Cantonese, dated in standard Cantonese, still used in Taishanese) to take; to hold
   • 1877, Ernest John Eitel, A Chinese Dictionary in the Cantonese Dialect, London: Trübner and Co., page 211:

     你手𢬿乜野 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

     nei⁵ sau² kaai⁵ mat¹ je⁵ [Jyutping]

     what have you in your hand?

2. (Cantonese, dated in standard Cantonese, still used in Taishanese) to use (as an instrument)
   • 1841, Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Chinese Chrestomathy in the Canton Dialect, Macao: S. Wells Williams, page 181:

     唐人有𢬿牛乳共糖嚟攪茶有冇呢 [Cantonese, trad.]
     唐人有𢬿牛乳共糖嚟搅茶有冇呢 [Cantonese, simp.]

     tong⁴ jan⁴ jau⁵ kaai⁵ ngau⁴ jyu⁵ gung⁶ tong⁴ lai⁴ gaau² caa⁴ jau⁵ mou⁵ ne¹ [Jyutping]

     Do the Chinese use milk and sugar with their tea?

   • 1865, Newman Hall, translated by Mary French, 《親就耶穌》 [Come to Jesus], Guangzhou, page 9:

     拉撒路呀。𢬿手指尖挑的水嚟凉我條唎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     拉撒路呀。𢬿手指尖挑的水嚟凉我条唎。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     laai¹ saat³ lou⁶ aa³. kaai⁵ sau² zi² zim¹ tiu¹ dik¹ seoi² lai⁴ loeng⁴ ngo⁵ tiu⁴ lei⁶. [Jyutping]

     Lazarus, fetch me some water using the tip of your fingers to cool my tongue.

   • 1872, 《馬可傳福音書：廣東土白》, Shanghai: 美華書館, Mark 2:21:

     冇人𢬿新布補舊衣服嘅、怕所補嘅新布、反整壞舊嘅、致令裂爛更關係。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     冇人𢬿新布补旧衣服嘅、怕所补嘅新布、反整坏旧嘅、致令裂烂更关系。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     mou⁵ jan⁴ kaai⁵ san¹ bou³ bou² gau⁶ ji¹ fuk⁶ ge³, paa³ so² bou² ge³ san¹ bou³, faan² zing² waai⁶ gau⁶ ge³, zi³ ling⁶ lit⁶ laan⁶ gang³ gwaan¹ hai⁶. [Jyutping]

     No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.

3. (Cantonese, dated in standard Cantonese) Placed before the object of a sentence to allow it to be placed before the verb.
   • 1870, George H. Piercy, 《續天路歷程土話》, page 6:

     又勸你𢬿個封信擠埋衫襟裏頭、拈出嚟自己讀、亦呌你的仔聽。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     又劝你𢬿个封信挤埋衫襟里头、拈出嚟自己读、亦呌你的仔听。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     jau⁶ hyun³ nei⁵ kaai⁵ go³ fung¹ seon³ zai¹ maai⁴ saam¹ kam¹ lei⁵ tau⁴, nim¹ ceot¹ lei⁴ zi⁶ gei² duk⁶, jik⁶ giu³ nei⁵ dik¹ zai² teng¹. [Jyutping]

     I also urge you to put this letter inside your jacket, take it out and read it yourself, and tell your sons to listen as well.

   • 1872, 《馬可傳福音書：廣東土白》, Shanghai: 美華書館, Mark 12:5:

     又打發別個僕去、農夫𢬿佢殺嘵、更打發好多僕去、有的被佢打、有的被佢殺。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     又打发别个仆去、农夫𢬿佢杀哓、更打发好多仆去、有的被佢打、有的被佢杀。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     jau⁶ daa² faat³ bit⁶ go³ buk⁶ heoi³, nung⁴ fu¹ kaai⁵ keoi⁵ saat³ hiu¹, gang³ daa² faat³ hou² do¹ buk⁶ heoi³, jau⁵ dik¹ bei⁶ keoi⁵ daa², jau⁵ dik¹ bei⁶ keoi⁵ saat³. [Jyutping]

     And again he sent another [servant]; and him they [the husbandmen] killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.

   • 1948, 楊工良, directed by 楊工良, 刁蠻宮主 [A Spoilt Brat]‎^[1], spoken by 明珠 (紅線女 [Hung Sin Nui]):

     乜聽話就叫做真誠真愛喇咩？哦，原來你個心理學博士𢬿呢句說話嚟噉解法嘅。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     乜听话就叫做真诚真爱喇咩？哦，原来你个心理学博士𢬿呢句说话嚟噉解法嘅。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     mat¹ teng¹ waa⁶ zau⁶ giu³ zou⁶ zan¹ sing⁴ zan¹ oi³ laa³ me¹? o⁵, jyun⁴ loi⁴ nei⁵ go³ sam¹ lei⁵ hok⁶ bok³ si⁶ kaai³ nei¹ geoi³ syut³ waa⁶ lei⁴ gam² gaai² faat³ ge². [Jyutping]

     So being obedient is what's called true love? Oh, so that's how you, psychology doctor, interpret this phrase.