袂

袂 (radical 145, 衣+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 中木大 (LDK), four-corner 3523₇, composition ⿰衤夬)

• KangXi: page 1113, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34154
• Dae Jaweon: page 1579, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3080, character 2
• Unihan data for U+8882

袂

1. (literary) sleeve

Contraction of 無會／无会 (bô-ē).

Used as a replacement character for 𣍐／𫧃. Use of 袂 is recommended by Taiwan's Ministry of Education.

Compare with Teochew 𠁞.

袂

(Min Nan)

1. cannot; to be incapable of

   這欉樹仔袂開花。 [Min Nan, trad.]
   这欉树仔袂开花。 [Min Nan, simp.]

   Chit châng chhiū-á bē khui-hoe. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   This tree is unable to blossom.

2. wouldn't; won't

   我若是你，我袂去台北。 [Min Nan, trad. and simp.]

   Góa nā sī lí, góa bē khì Tâi-pak. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   If I were you, I wouldn't go to Taipei.

3. (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou) to not know; to not understand

   伊袂閩南話。 / 伊袂闽南话。 [Min Nan]  ―  I bōe Bân-lâm-ōe. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  He doesn't know Min Nan.

4. (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou) incompetent; no good

   伊真袂。 [Min Nan]  ―  I chin bōe. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  He's really no good.

5. (Taiwan) not at all (as reply to thanks)

   「真多謝。」「袂。」 / “真多谢。”“袂。” [Taiwanese]  ―  “Chin to-siā.” “Bē.” [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  "Thank you very much." "Not at all."

• (cannot): 袂曉／袂晓 (bē-hiáu)
• (reply to thanks): 毋免客氣／毋免客气, 免客氣／免客气

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. sleeve
2. foot (of a hill or mountain)
3. edge

• Go-on: けち (kechi); まい (mai)
• Kan-on: けつ (ketsu); べい (bei)
• Kan’yō-on: へい (hei)
• Kun: たもと (tamoto, 袂)

From Old Japanese, first attested in the Man'yōshū (c. 759 CE).

Originally a compound of 手 (ta, ancient combining form of te, "arm, hand") + 本 (moto, “origin”).[1][2]

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) たもと​ [tàmótóꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ta̠mo̞to̞]

袂 (hiragana たもと, rōmaji tamoto)

1. the sleeve pouch of a kimono or other Japanese clothing
   • 梶井基次郎『檸檬』

     「あ、そうだそうだ」その時 (とき)私 (わたし)は袂 (たもと)の中 (なか)の檸 (れ)檬 (もん)を憶 (おも)い出 (だ)した。

     “A, sō da sō da” sono toki watashi wa tamoto no naka no remon o omoidashita.

     "Ah, yes, that's right;" I remembered that in that moment, I had the lemon tucked away in my sleeve.

2. a sleeve

   Synonym: 袖 (sode)

3. (archaic) the upper arm
4. the side or edge of something (for example, a bridge)

   Synonyms: 際 (kiwa), 側 (soba)

5. the foot or base of something (for example, a mountain)

   Synonyms: 裾 (suso), 麓 (fumoto)

袂 • (mye) (hangeul 몌, revised mye, McCune–Reischauer mye, Yale myey)

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