Sichuanese characters

Sichuanese character (Chinese: 四川方言字; Sichuanese Pinyin: Si4cuan1 Fang1yan2zi4; pinyin: Sìchuān Fāngyánzì) refers to 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).[1]

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dou4to compose拼
搣mie3to tear掰
𤆺kong3a local way to cooknone
𠵫ngang3loud响
𨃅[2]bai1lame瘸
𨈓nang1thin瘦
𤆵pa1soft软
朒ga3meat肉
奓za1open张
㮟ka1 or qia1to jam into塞
𣲩pa2a local quantifier滩
㞎ba3excrement屎
𧿨[2]ban3to struggle挣扎
𧽤biao1to run fastnone
𢱟can3to slap扇
𢲵cao4to stir搅
𡘧ka2 or qia2to step across跨
㩳song3to push推
gu1to crouch蹲
din1ga1small小
㥑ngou4to irritate, to become irritated, to become broken-hearted气
餈ci2a local dessertnone

References
  1. 梁东汉 (1959). "第一章第四节：在方言基础上产生的方言文字". 《汉字的结构及其流变》. 上海教育出版社.
  2. 赵振铎 (2001). "收字杂议". 《字典论》. 上海辞书出版社. ISBN 7-5326-0808-5.


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