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俠
俠
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See also: 侠
Translingual
Han character
俠 (radical 9 人+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人大人人 (OKOO), four-corner 24238, composition ⿰亻夾)
References
- KangXi: page 105, character 24
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 706
- Dae Jaweon: page 224, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 158, character 7
- Unihan data for U+4FE0
Chinese
| trad. | 俠 | |
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| simp. | 侠 | |
Glyph origin
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (夾) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 瘞 | *qrebs |
| 瘱 | *qeːbs |
| 脥 | *kʰemʔ |
| 浹 | *skaːb, *skeːb |
| 挾 | *skaːb, *ɡeːb |
| 夾 | *kreːb |
| 郟 | *kreːb |
| 筴 | *sʰreːɡ, *kreːb, *keːb |
| 裌 | *kreːb |
| 鵊 | *kreːb |
| 狹 | *ɡreːb |
| 峽 | *ɡreːb |
| 硤 | *ɡreːb |
| 陜 | *ɡreːb |
| 陿 | *ɡreːb |
| 翜 | *sraːb, *srɯːb |
| 梜 | *kraːb, *keːb |
| 頰 | *keːb |
| 莢 | *keːb |
| 鋏 | *keːb |
| 蛺 | *keːb |
| 唊 | *keːb |
| 悏 | *kʰeːb |
| 匧 | *kʰeːb |
| 愜 | *kʰeːb |
| 篋 | *kʰeːb |
| 俠 | *ɡeːb |
| 綊 | *ɡeːb |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˊ
- Wade-Giles: hsia2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shya
- IPA (key): /ɕi̯a̠³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: haap6, hap6
- Yale: haahp, hahp
- Cantonese Pinyin: haap9, hap9
- IPA (key): /hɑːp̚²/, /hɐp̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hia̍p
- Tâi-lô: hia̍p
- Phofsit Daibuun: hiap
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hiap̚²⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /hiap̚⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiap̚¹²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiap
- Tâi-lô: kiap
- Phofsit Daibuun: kiab
- IPA (Xiamen): /kiap̚³²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kiap̚⁵/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiap̚³²/
- IPA (Taipei): /kiap̚³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiap̚³²/
- Note: hia̍p - literary; kiap - vernacular (俗).
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
| Rime | |
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| Character | 俠 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 怗 (158) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 胡頰切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɦep̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɦep̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ɣɛp̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɦɛp̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/ɣep̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/ɣiep̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ɣiep̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
xié |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 俠 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5915 |
| Phonetic component |
夾 |
| Rime group |
盍 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
協 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ɡeːb/ |
Definitions
俠
Japanese
Kanji
俠
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
- chivalrous person
- chivalry
- knight-errant
- tomboy
Readings
Korean
Hanja
俠 • (hyeop) (hangeul 협, revised hyeop, McCune-Reischauer hyŏp)
- chivalrous person
- knight-errant
Vietnamese
Han character
俠 (hiệp)
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