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嗇
嗇
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See also: 啬
Translingual
Han character
嗇 (radical 30 口+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 土人田口 (GOWR), four-corner 40601)
Descendants
References
- KangXi: page 202, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4053
- Dae Jaweon: page 424, character 32
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 665, character 11
- Unihan data for U+55C7
Chinese
| trad. | 嗇 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 啬 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄙㄜˋ
- Wade-Giles: sê4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: seh
- IPA (key): /sɤ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: sik1
- Yale: sīk
- Cantonese Pinyin: sik7
- IPA (key): /sɪk̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siah
- Tâi-lô: siah
- Phofsit Daibuun: siaq
- IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiaʔ³²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiaʔ⁵/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaʔ³²/
- IPA (Taipei): /ɕiaʔ³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiaʔ³²/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 嗇 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 生 (21) |
| Final (韻) | 職 (134) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 所力切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ʃɨk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʃɨk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ʃiek̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʂik̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/ʃiək̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/ʃĭək̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ʂi̯ək̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
she |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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| Character | 嗇 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
sè |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ srik › |
| Old Chinese |
/*s.rək/ |
| English | reap |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 嗇 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 10992 |
| Phonetic component |
嗇 |
| Rime group |
職 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
色 |
| Old Chinese |
/*srɯɡ/ |
| Notes | 象禾來之積，來亦聲 |
Definitions
嗇
- miserly, thrifty, stingy
- stopped up, constipated
Japanese
Kanji
嗇
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
嗇 • (saek) (hangeul 색, revised saek, McCune-Reischauer saek)
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Vietnamese
Han character
嗇 (sắc)
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References
Etymology
| Historical forms of the character 嗇
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| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (嗇) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 濇 | *srɯb, *srɯɡ |
| 嗇 | *srɯɡ |
| 穡 | *srɯɡ |
| 薔 | *zaŋ, *srɯɡ |
| 轖 | *srɯɡ |
| 繬 | *srɯɡ |
| 嬙 | *zaŋ, *srɯɡ |
| 懎 | *srɯɡ |