Sichuanese characters (; Sichuanese Pinyin: Si4cuan1 fang1yan2zi4; ) are those Chinese characters used only in written Sichuanese. Sichuanese characters are often created as ideogrammatic compound characters (会意字) or phono-semantic compound characters (形声字).
For example, in Sichuanese 𨈓 (Sichuanese Pinyin: nang1) means "thin", and it is created in ideogrammatic compounds as shown in the table below:
身(body) + 小(small) = 𨈓 small body → thin
Furthermore, 㧯 (Sichuanese Pinyin: nao3), which means 'to lift" in Sichuanese, is created as a phono-semantic compound character as shown in the table below:
DeterminativeRebusCompound 扌hand 老nao3 㧯nao3 "to lift with hand"
Examples Sichuanese characterSichuanese PinyinmeaningStandard Chinese character with similar meaning 𢭃 dou4 to compose 拼 搣 mie3 to tear 掰 𤆺 kong3 a local way to cook none 𠵫 ngang3 loud 响 𨃅 bai1 lame 瘸 𨈓 nang1 thin 瘦 𤆵 pa1 soft 软 朒 ga3 meat 肉 奓 za1 open 张 㮟 ka1 or qia1 to jam into 塞 𣲩 pa2 a local quantifier 滩 㞎 ba3 excrement 屎 𧿨 ban3 to struggle 挣扎 𧽤 biao1 to run fast none 𢱟 can3 to slap 扇 𢲵 cao4 to stir 搅 𡘧 ka2 or qia2 to step across 跨 㩳 song3 to push 推 𰀆 gu1 to crouch 蹲 𰍧𰍨 din1ga1 small 小 㥑 ngou4 to irritate, to become irritated, to become broken-hearted 慪 / 怄 餈 ci2 a local dessert none
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