Sichuanese character

Sichuanese character(Chinese: 四川方言字; Sichuanese Pinyin: Si4cuan1 Fang1yan2zi4; pinyin: Sìchuān Fāngyánzì) refers to those Chinese characters used only in written Sichuanese. Sichuanese characters are often created as ideogrammatic compound characters (会意字) or phono-semantic compound characters (形声字).[1]

For example, in Sichuanese 𨈓 (Sichuanese Pinyin: nang1) means thin, and it is created in ideogrammatic compounds as shown in the table below:

身(body) + 小(small) = 𨈓
small body → thin

Furthermore, 㧯 (Sichuanese Pinyin: nao3), which means to lift in Sichuanese, is created as a phono-semantic compound character as shown in the table below:

Determinative Rebus Compound
扌
hand		 老
nao3		 㧯
nao3 "to lift with hand"

Examples

Sichuanese character Sichuanese Pinyin meaning Standard character with similar meaning
𢭃 dou4 to compose 拼
搣 mie3 to tear 掰
𤆺 kong3 a local way to cook none
𠵫 ngang3 loud 响
𨃅[2] bai1 lame 瘸
𨈓 nang1 thin 瘦
𤆵 pa1 soft 软
朒 ga3 meat 肉
奓 za1 open 张
㮟 ka1 or qia1 to jam into 塞
𣲩 pa2 a local quantifier 滩
㞎 ba3 shit 屎
𧿨[2] ban3 to struggle 挣扎
𧽤 biao1 to run fast none
𢱟 can3 to slap 扇
𢲵 cao4 to stir 搅
𡘧 ka2 or qia2 to step across 跨
㩳 song3 to push 推
gu1 to crouch 蹲
din1ga1 small 小
㥑 ngou4 to enrage 气
餈 ci2 a local desert none

References

  1. ^ 梁东汉 (1959). "第一章第四节：在方言基础上产生的方言文字". 《汉字的结构及其流变》. 上海教育出版社. 
  2. ^ a b 赵振铎 (2001). "收字杂议". 《字典论》. 上海辞书出版社. ISBN 7532608085. 
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