# 𦧺

| 𦧺 | U+269FA, &#158202; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-269FA |
| ← 𦧹 [U+269F9] | CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B | 𦧻 → [U+269FB] |

## Translingual
### Han character

𦧺 (Kangxi radical 135, 舌+16, 22 strokes, cangjie input 竹口木中金 (HRDLC), four-corner 2768, composition ⿰舌賴)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1008, character 6
* Unihan data for U+269FA

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 舌 (“tongue”) + phonetic 賴.

### Etymology

The vernacular reading of 舐, which preserves the Old Chinese initial *l-.

### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): laai$^2$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: laai$^2$
*** Yale: láai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: laai$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lai$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /laːi̯³⁵/

### Definitions

𦧺 (Cantonese)
* (transitive) to lick
* (figurative, slang, transitive) to suck up to; to brownnose
    𦧺共／𫇘共 [Cantonese] ― laai$^2$ gung$^6$ [Jyutping] ― to suck up to the Communist Party of China

#### Usage notes

* (to suck up to): Often takes objects that are abbreviated forms, as shown in the example. More often written as 奶.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 舐 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 舔 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 舔 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 舔 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 舔 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 舔 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 舔 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 舔 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 舔 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 舔 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 舔 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 舔 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 舔 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 舔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 𦧺, 舔, 舐 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 𦧺, 舔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 舔, 𦧺 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 舔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 𦧺 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 舐, 舔 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 舐 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 舐, 舔 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 𦧺 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 𦧺 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 舔 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 舐 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 舐 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 舐 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 舐 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 舐 |
| Hakka | Changting | 舐 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 舐 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 舐 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 舐 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 舐 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 舐 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 舐 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 舐 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 舐 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 舐 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 舐 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 舐 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 舐 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 㐁 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 舐 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 舐 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 舔 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 舔涮 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 狧 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 狧 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 狧 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 狧 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 狧 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 狧 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 𩞨 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 𩞨 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 𩞨 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 𩞨 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 𩞨 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 𩞨 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 𩞨 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 𩞨 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 𩞨 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 𩞨 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 舐 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 舐 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 舐 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 舐, 哴 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | jilat |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 舐 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 舐 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 舐 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 舐 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 舐 |
| Southern Min | Tunchang | 舐 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 舔 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 舔 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 舔 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 舔 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 舔 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 舔, 舐 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 舔 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 舔 |

### Compounds

* 𦧺嘢／𫇘嘢