峇

峇 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 山人一口 (UOMR), four-corner 2260₁, composition ⿱山合)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 310, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8020
• Dae Jaweon: page 610, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 771, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5CC7

From Hokkien.

峇

1. Used in transcription.

峇

1. ^‡ cave; cavern

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峇

1. (Hokkien) closed tightly

   門關無峇。／门关无峇。 [Taiwanese Hokkien]  ―  Mn̂g koaiⁿ bô bā. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  The door isn't closed tightly.

2. (Hokkien) close; agreeing; matching; harmonious

   阮兩人個性真峇。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
   阮两人个性真峇。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

   Goán nn̄g lâng kò-sèng chin bā. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   We two have personalities that really match.

• (closed tightly): 密 (mì)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from 峇峇?”)

峇

1. (Malaysian and Singapore Hokkien) lad; young man

• “峇”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00814
• “Entry #4872”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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• On (unclassified): こう (kō); ごう (gō)