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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 37 大+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 女大 (VK))

  1. (archaic) side
  2. to incline, slant, lean

References

  • KangXi: page 248, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5832
  • Dae Jaweon: page 500, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 524, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+5928

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script

Pictogram (象形) - a man tilting his head backwards.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (37) (18)
Final () (87) (134)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/let̚/ /t͡ʃɨk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/let̚/ /ʈ͡ʂɨk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɛt̚/ /t͡ʃiek̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lɛt̚/ /ʈ͡ʂik̚/
Li
Rong
/let̚/ /t͡ʃiək̚/
Wang
Li
/liet̚/ /t͡ʃĭək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/liet̚/ /ʈ͡ʂi̯ək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
liè zhe
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsrik ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ts]rək/
English incline the head

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 # 1/1
No. 16609
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ʔsrɯɡ/

Definitions

  1. to tilt the head

Compounds

  • 宜侯夨簋

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings