倀 (coeng1 caang4 caang1 | chang1 cheng2) : ghost of someone controlled by a tiger

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倀

coeng1 caang4 caang1

chang1 cheng2

[粵] coeng1 [國] chang1
(in legend) ghost of one devoured by a tiger, who helps the tiger to entice other people for food

[粵] caang4 caang1 [國] cheng2
standing alone

Jyutping caang4 is the standard reading; caang1 is the variant.

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 10

Level: 4

Radical: 亻 (#9)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

倀 / 伥

This word has been viewed 3161 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on and last edited on 29th Sep 2014 01:59

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蠻倀 mang2 zang2 = variant of 𤷪𤺧粵

發蠻倀 faat3 man2 zang2 = get fretful 粵

為虎作倀 wai6 fu2 zok3 coeng1 wei4 hu3 zuo4 chang1 = hold a candle to the devil

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 倀
Unicode code for this character: U+5000 (off-site link)

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