歉
Meanings
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- 1.to apologize
- 2.to regret
- 3.deficient
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Wiktionary
- 1.deficient; lacking; insufficient
- 2.to apologize
- 3.to regret; to be dissatisfied
- 4.crop failure; poor harvest
- 5.to not eat enough food
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kʰreːms, *kʰreːmʔ, *kʰeːmʔ, *kʰeːms): phonetic 兼 (OC *keːm, *keːms) + semantic 欠 (“person with mouth open”) to convey the original meaning of feeling hunger after eating. The phonetic component 兼 could be a reference to food since it represents a hand holding two crop plants.
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Components
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