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U+4FDF, 俟
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FDF

[U+4FDE]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4FE0]
See also:

Translingual

Han character

(radical 9 +7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人戈人大 (OIOK), four-corner 23234, composition)

  1. wait for, wait until, as soon as

References

  • KangXi: page 105, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 705
  • Dae Jaweon: page 223, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 168, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+4FDF

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character



References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (large seal) and
  • Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*qʰlɯː, *qɯː, *qrɯː, *qrɯːʔ
*qlɯː
*qɯː, *qʰrɯːs
*qɯː, *qʰlɯ
*qlɯːʔ, *qrɯː, *qrɯːʔ
*ŋrɯːʔ, *sɢrɯʔ
*sɢrɯʔ, *ɡlɯl
*sɢrɯʔ
*sɢrɯʔ
*qʰlɯ
*ɢlɯʔ

Pronunciation



  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /sz̩⁵¹/
Harbin /sz̩⁵³/
Tianjin /sz̩⁵³/
Jinan /sz̩²¹/
Qingdao /sz̩⁴²/
Zhengzhou /sz̩³¹²/
Xi'an /sz̩⁴⁴/
Xining /sz̩²¹³/
Yinchuan /sz̩¹³/
Lanzhou /sz̩¹³/
Ürümqi /sz̩²¹³/
Wuhan /sz̩³⁵/
Chengdu /sz̩¹³/
Guiyang
Kunming /sz̩²¹²/
Nanjing /sz̩⁴⁴/
Hefei /sz̩⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /sz̩⁴⁵/
Pingyao
Hohhot /sz̩⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /zz̩²³/
Suzhou /zz̩³¹/
Hangzhou /zz̩¹³/
Wenzhou /zz̩³⁵/
Hui Shexian /sz̩²²/
Tunxi
Xiang Changsha /sz̩⁵⁵/
Xiangtan /sz̩⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang
Hakka Meixian /sz̩⁵³/
Taoyuan
Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡si²²/
Nanning /sz̩²²/
Hong Kong /t͡si²²/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /su²²/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /søy²⁴²/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /su³³/
Shantou (Min Nan) /sɯ³⁵/
Haikou (Min Nan) /si³⁵/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (30) (22)
Final () (20) (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɡɨi/ /ʒɨX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɡɨi/ /ʐɨX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɡiəi/ /ʒieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/gɨj/ /ʐɨX/
Li
Rong
/ɡiəi/ /ʒiəX/
Wang
Li
/ɡĭəi/ /ʒĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ge̯i/ /ɖ͡ʐʰiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ zriX › ‹ zriX ›
Old
Chinese
/*s-[ɢ]rəʔ/ /*s.[ɢ]rəʔ/
English wait move on

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 14944 14951
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sɢrɯʔ/ /*ɡlɯl/
Notes

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Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(sa, gi) (hangeul , , revised sa, gi, McCune-Reischauer sa, ki)

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