Dlezcano Posted October 5, 2020 at 07:07 PM Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 at 07:07 PM 搋 chuai1, to unblock a drain with a suction pump. It is most commonly seen in the word 皮搋子, which means "rubber suction pump". Actually I heard that word hundreds of times, but I never bothered checking the character till today. It seems not many Chinese know that character either. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomsima Posted October 5, 2020 at 08:32 PM Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 at 08:32 PM first time for me coming across the word, I presume it's the Chinese equivalent of 'plunger', but having little reason to talk about plumbers in Chinese I've just never studied it before. Interestingly, my wife didn't know the word or the character, and appears to never have used a plunger before either! So now I'm left wondering where others/you have heard this word hundreds of times before, are you a plumber by trade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dlezcano Posted October 5, 2020 at 09:26 PM Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 at 09:26 PM I am not a plumber but it seems I had bad luck with the canalizations in the apartments I lived at, so my wife (and I) had to use the 皮搋子 many times. By the way it also has other uses like fixing dents on cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonic_Duck Posted October 5, 2020 at 10:24 PM Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 at 10:24 PM I remember looking up that word a few years ago, finding 搋子, attempting to use the word, not being understood, and eventually being told that people usually just call it 塞马桶的. But it looks like it might just be one of those words with a million different ways of saying it. Baidu Baike also lists 马桶拔子、厕所泵、水拔子, and the delightful 拔粪宝. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomsima Posted October 6, 2020 at 12:21 AM Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2020 at 12:21 AM 瀫 just got this in the phrase 波瀫鄰鄰 pop up later in my book on tea, onomatopoeic water sound hu2, looks pretty intimidating, and not in my ms kaiti font on pleco which usually suggests its a pretty rare character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polyhistor Posted October 6, 2020 at 03:03 AM Report Share Posted October 6, 2020 at 03:03 AM If anybody can type out my character, that would be nice. I can't seem to find it. Specifically the one that looks like da or ta and is between the 将 and 念 and 放. My Chinese friend suggested it could be a variant on 疙瘩. It's from chapter three of 三遂平妖传, the original 罗贯中 recension. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted October 6, 2020 at 05:51 AM Report Share Posted October 6, 2020 at 05:51 AM Here we go: ? Unicode.org's radical search is my go-to for this kind of look up, although the site is suffering security errors and broken images at the moment. Bear in mind that's the 肉 radical, not 月, and it's just a stroke-counting exercise from there. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted October 6, 2020 at 06:36 AM Report Share Posted October 6, 2020 at 06:36 AM 43 minutes ago, roddy said: Bear in mind that's the 肉 radical, not 月, and it's just a stroke-counting exercise from there. Gives the radical as 月 here: http://zidian.odict.net/1176077639234/ The plot thickens, like 疙瘩汤 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted October 6, 2020 at 07:01 AM Report Share Posted October 6, 2020 at 07:01 AM Yeah, but that site does the same for 腥, which is surely 肉? The plot remains, like my morning porridge, thin. In fact, that site finds a mere 28 meaty characters, and 1323 lunar ones. Compare to Unicode where... well, they don't give numbers but they look to be roughly the opposite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted October 6, 2020 at 07:06 AM Report Share Posted October 6, 2020 at 07:06 AM You's expect meat for the fleshy lump meaning too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomsima Posted October 6, 2020 at 12:18 PM Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2020 at 12:18 PM abc: "radical 130 肉; ? has 4 radical strokes, and 9 residual strokes" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted October 15, 2020 at 05:56 PM Report Share Posted October 15, 2020 at 05:56 PM 茕茕孑立 - 茕 was new and, if it will forgive me for saying so, a bit weird-looking, so thought I'd share it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonic_Duck Posted October 21, 2020 at 07:07 AM Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 at 07:07 AM 䦊 Unihan gives this as "an appliance for walking on the sands (as boat for river; car for highway)", which makes it a clear winner for the most steampunk ancient Chinese character I've seen. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomsima Posted October 26, 2020 at 02:45 AM Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2020 at 02:45 AM 眚 sheng3 literary character for 'disaster'. I'm on mobile so will try and remember to write more later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dlezcano Posted November 7, 2020 at 01:07 PM Report Share Posted November 7, 2020 at 01:07 PM 洇 Yin1, the way how a liquid spreads and is absorbed when it gets in contact with paper or cloth. I saw it the other day while watching a video about Chinese calligraphy. For example 这里洇墨太严重；洇瞎掉了。 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted November 7, 2020 at 05:31 PM Report Share Posted November 7, 2020 at 05:31 PM 繭 is fun. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomsima Posted November 20, 2020 at 11:54 PM Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2020 at 11:54 PM 甪 lu4 came up in the word 甪端, the name of a mythical beast who had the power to detect truth or lies, and can run very fast apparently. It often appears depicted in the form of bronzes, censors. legend has it 秦始皇 wanted a mythical beast, and so this hybrid was found/created. A minister named it 角端 which apparently wasn't good enough, so 角 was changed to 甪 as the beast was a 獨角 (角 -> 甪 is supposedly removing one of the horns) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted December 3, 2020 at 06:56 AM Report Share Posted December 3, 2020 at 06:56 AM 矧（shěn）：况且 Had occasion to check something in Bai Juyi's essay about his Thatched Cottage on Mount Lu, where it appears: https://baike.baidu.com/item/庐山草堂记/ Zdic says it can also mean the gums: https://www.zdic.net/hans/矧 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted February 1, 2021 at 05:25 PM Report Share Posted February 1, 2021 at 05:25 PM 歃 shà to smear one's mouth with the blood of the sacrifice when making an oath. I like to share all my really useful vocab here! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted February 1, 2021 at 06:57 PM Report Share Posted February 1, 2021 at 06:57 PM Things going a bit rural in lockdown there, Jim? How's the wicker man coming on? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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