餂
[tiǎn]
1. Same as "甜" (sweet).
卷子本。
2. Same as "甜" (sweet). Source: "Yupian" (玉篇) - 食部: "餂 is an ancient variant of the character 甛 (měi) which means beautiful or sweet." Source: "Long Zao Shou Jian" - 舌部: "餂 is a vernacular term for sweet."
3. To take; to entice.
Example in "Jiyun" (集韻) - 忝韻: "餂 means to take." Example in "Gu Jin Yun Hui Ju Yao" (古今韻會舉要) - 琰韻: "餂 means to hook and take." Example from "Mengzi" (孟子) - "The scholar cannot speak, hence he speaks to entice." Zhao Qi's commentary: "餂 means to take."
4. To use the tongue to take an object. Later written as "舔" (to lick).
Example from "Pianhai Lei Bian" (篇海類編) - 食貨類 - 食部: "餂, also known as using the tongue to take objects, later written as '舔'." Example from Qing's Lei Jun: "Modern people refer to taking with the tongue as 餂."
5. To entice with sweet words in order to extract information.
Example from "Mengzi": "The scholar cannot speak, hence he speaks to entice."
English translation:
餂
[tiǎn]
1. Same as "甜" (sweet).
卷子本。
2. Same as "甜" (sweet). Source: "Yupian" - 食部: "餂 is an ancient variant of the character 甛 (měi) which means beautiful or sweet." Source: "Long Zao Shou Jian" - 舌部: "餂 is a vernacular term for sweet."
3. To take; to entice.
Example in "Jiyun" - 忝韻: "餂 means to take." Example in "Gu Jin Yun Hui Ju Yao" - 琰韻: "餂 means to hook and take." Example from "Mengzi" - "The scholar cannot speak, hence he speaks to entice." Zhao Qi's commentary: "餂 means to take."
4. To use the tongue to take an object. Later written as "舔" (to lick).
Example from "Pianhai Lei Bian" - 食貨類 - 食部: "餂, also known as using the tongue to take objects, later written as '舔'." Example from Qing's Lei Jun: "Modern people refer to taking with the tongue as 餂."
5. To entice with sweet words in order to extract information.
Example from "Mengzi": "The scholar cannot speak, hence he speaks to entice."