𠍁 (man3 | ) : insufficient; edge

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𠍁

man3

[1] insufficient; not quite enough; tight
[2] edge; rim; boundary; limit

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2. Variant forms include 抿, 口+敏.

Stroke count: 13

Level: 3

Radical: 亻 (#9)

This character is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

𠍁

This word has been viewed 3863 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bernard on 5th Mar 2008 15:26 and last edited on 16th Sep 2012 02:19

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𠍁水 man3 seoi2 = insufficient; barely enough; borderline

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隻杯放到咁𠍁，因住𢱕落嚟。粵
The cup is placed so close to the edge, be careful or it might just fall off.

你聽日就要？有啲𠍁噃。粵
You want it by tomorrow? That leaves me with too little time.

你身高只有五呎九﹐想入籃球隊𠍁水啲噃。粵
Your height of five-foot-nine is not tall enough to enter the basketball team.

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Decimal representation of this word: 𠍁
Unicode code for this character: U+20341 (off-site link)

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