寡

Information about character(s)

Radical: 宀
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 11
Total Strokes: 14
Variants: 關

Pronunciation

Pinyin: guǎ
Cantonese: gwaa2
JapaneseKun: YAMOME SUKUNAI
JapaneseOn: KA
Korean: KWA
Vietnamese: quả

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: widowed; alone, friendless

CE-Dict: few/widowed

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.few; scant
2.tasteless
3.widowed

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: few; scant; tasteless; widowed
【建】 oligopeptide

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: few; scant; tasteless; widowed

湘雅醫學專業詞典: olig-;oligo-

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《宀部》寡少也。从宀从頒。頒，分賦也，故為少。

康熙字典文字版 【寅集上】【宀字部】寡
【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤古瓦切，瓜上聲。【說文】少也。从宀頒。頒，分賦也。宀分故爲少也。【爾雅·釋詁】罕也。【易·謙卦】君子以裒多益寡，稱物平施。【繫辭】吉人之辭寡。　又【釋名】倮也。倮然單獨也。【書·梓材】至于敬寡。【周禮·夏官·大司馬】以九伐之法正邦國，馮弱犯寡則𤯝之。　又【大戴禮】五十無夫曰寡。又凡孀嫠皆曰寡婦。又無夫無婦𠀤謂之寡。丈夫曰索，婦女曰嫠。　又王侯謙稱。【禮·曲禮】諸侯自稱曰寡人。【論語】稱諸異邦曰寡小君，皆言寡德也。　又【詩·大雅】𠛬于寡妻。【註】嫡妻也。【箋】寡有之妻，言賢也。【疏】嫡妻惟一，故言寡。　又叶公戸切，音古。【詩·小雅】爰及矜人，哀此鰥寡。叶上野羽。野音暑。又【大雅】不侮矜寡。叶上吐下禦。　又叶古火切，音果。【陸雲·歲暮賦】歲難除而易逝兮，情艱多而泰寡。年有來而棄子兮，時無算而非我。　【正字通】本作寡。【正譌】俗从力作寡，非。寡字下从力作。
考證：〔【論語】夫人自稱曰寡小君。〕　謹照原文改稱諸異邦曰寡小君。

CF-Dict: peu/fade/monotone/veuve

Han-De-Dict: wenig, wenige (u.E.)