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<WL>侩(F儈) [kuài] to broker, serve as middleman; broker/middleman (市侩); merchant/businessman/dealer (贾侩); cunning/profit-minded person | <WL>侩(F儈) [kuài] to broker, serve as middleman; broker/middleman (市侩); merchant/businessman/dealer (贾侩); cunning/profit-minded person | ||
− | The character 侩/儈 kuài ‘broker/middleman’ combines 亻(人 rén) ‘person’, and 会/會() kuài (phonosemantic); formerly wr. 會. | + | The character 侩/儈 kuài ‘broker/middleman’ combines 亻(人 rén) ‘person’, and 会/會() kuài (phonosemantic); formerly wr. 會, 𩦱. |
Note: 儈 was invented (adding 亻) to distinguish certain 會 kuài senses from 會 huì, cf. 会. | Note: 儈 was invented (adding 亻) to distinguish certain 會 kuài senses from 會 huì, cf. 会. | ||
Compare: 会/會() kuài ‘accounting’ (calculating); 狯/獪() kuài ‘cunning’. | Compare: 会/會() kuài ‘accounting’ (calculating); 狯/獪() kuài ‘cunning’. |
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