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彘
彘
Translingual
Han character
彘 (radical 58 彐+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女一心人心 (VMPOP), four-corner 27711, composition ⿱彑⿲匕矢匕)
References
- KangXi: page 362, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9931
- Dae Jaweon: page 680, character 33
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 961, character 14
- Unihan data for U+5F58
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
彘 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 彘
| |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (矢) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 彘 | *l'eds |
| 璏 | *l'eds, *ɢʷleds, *ɢʷled |
| 薙 | *l̥ʰiːs, *ljiʔ, *l'iʔ |
| 知 | *ʔl'e |
| 蜘 | *te |
| 智 | *ʔl'es |
| 鼅 | *te |
| 潪 | *teɡs, *deɡ |
| 踟 | *de |
| 雉 | *l'iʔ |
| 矢 | *hliʔ |
| 痴 | *l̥ʰɯ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓˋ
- Wade-Giles: chih4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyh
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: zi6
- Yale: jih
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzi6
- IPA (key): /t͡siː²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 彘 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 澄 (11) |
| Final (韻) | 祭 (37) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | Chongniu III |
| Fanqie | 直例切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɖˠiᴇiH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɖᵚiɛiH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ȡiæiH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɖjiajH/ |
| Li Rong |
/ȡjɛiH/ |
| Wang Li |
/ȡĭɛiH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ȡʱi̯ɛiH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
zhì |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 彘 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
zhì |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ drjejH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[l]r[a][t]-s/ |
| English | pig |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 彘 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11492 |
| Phonetic component |
矢 |
| Rime group |
祭 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
滯 |
| Old Chinese |
/*l'eds/ |
Definitions
彘
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Japanese
Kanji
彘
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
彘 • (che) (hangeul 체, revised che, McCune-Reischauer ch'e, Yale chey)
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Vietnamese
Han character
- Hán Việt: trệ
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