Definition of 「氼」:
1. Same as "溺", meaning to sink; to indulge.
1. Same as "溺", meaning to sink; to indulge.
2. (Verb) immersed in water, "嫂溺,则援之以手乎?" — "Mencius · Li Lou Shang". For example:
- 溺女 (nǐ nǚ) - to drown a newborn girl by throwing her into water;
- 沉溺 (chén nì) - to be trapped in a bad situation;
- 溺没 (nì mò) - to sink;
- 溺溺 (nì nì) - to sink;
- 溺毙 (nì bì) - to drown to death.
3. Indulging without restraint, trapped in one’s indulgence. — Song Dynasty, Ouyang Xiu's "Preface to the 'Records of the Musicians'".
4. (Verb) immersed in water. "嫂溺,则援之以手乎?" — "Mencius · Li Lou Shang". For example:
- 溺女 (nǐ nǚ) - to drown a newborn girl by throwing her into water;
- 沉溺 (chén nì) - to be trapped in a bad situation;
- 溺没 (nì mò) - to sink;
- 溺溺 (nì nì) - to sink;
- 溺毙 (nì bì) - to drown to death.
5. Same as "溺". To sink; to indulge.
6. Dialect. To dive underwater. — Song Dynasty, Zhou Qu Fei.
7. Same as "溺". To sink; to indulge.
- Dialect. To dive underwater. Song Dynasty, Zhou Qu Fei's "Answers from Outside Ling":
"Guangxi has many local characters... 氼, pronounced 'mèi'. It means to have someone submerged underwater." (Quoted from "Comprehensive Chinese Dictionary")