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歇
歇
Translingual
Han character
歇 (radical 76 欠+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 日女弓人 (AVNO), four-corner 67782, composition ⿰曷欠)
References
- KangXi: page 570, character 15
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16141
- Dae Jaweon: page 958, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2145, character 7
- Unihan data for U+6B47
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
歇 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 歇
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|---|---|
| Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (曷) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 愒 | *kʰaːds, *kʰrads, *kʰrad |
| 馤 | *qaːds |
| 靄 | *qaːds, *qaːd |
| 餲 | *qraːds, *qrads, *ɡaːd, *qaːd |
| 喝 | *qraːds, *qʰoːb, *qʰaːd |
| 揭 | *kʰrads, *ked, *kʰrad, *ɡrad, *kad, *ɡad |
| 偈 | *ɡrads, *ɡrad |
| 猲 | *kʰob, *qʰaːd, *qʰad |
| 葛 | *kaːd |
| 輵 | *kaːd |
| 獦 | *klaːd, *rab |
| 渴 | *kʰaːd, *ɡrad |
| 嵑 | *kʰaːd |
| 暍 | *qʰaːd, *qad |
| 曷 | *ɡaːd |
| 褐 | *ɡaːd |
| 鶡 | *ɡaːd |
| 毼 | *ɡaːd |
| 蝎 | *ɡaːd |
| 鞨 | *ɡaːd, *ɢljad |
| 遏 | *qaːd |
| 齃 | *qaːd |
| 堨 | *qaːd |
| 擖 | *kʰreːd, *kraːd, *r'aːb |
| 楬 | *kʰraːd, *ɡrad, *ɡad |
| 朅 | *kʰrad |
| 藒 | *kʰrad |
| 竭 | *ɡrad, *ɡad |
| 碣 | *ɡrad, *ɡad |
| 羯 | *kad |
| 鍻 | *kad |
| 歇 | *qʰad |
| 蠍 | *qʰad |
| 謁 | *qad |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): hit3
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hiet / hiat
- Min Nan (POJ): hiat / hioh / hehⁿ / heh
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝ
- Wade-Giles: hsieh1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shie
- IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: hit3
- Yale: hit
- Cantonese Pinyin: hit8
- IPA (key): /hiːt̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiet
- Hakka Romanization System: hied`
- Hagfa Pinyim: hiad5
- IPA: /hi̯et̚²/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiat
- Hakka Romanization System: hiad`
- Hagfa Pinyim: hiad5
- IPA: /hi̯at̚²/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiat
- Tâi-lô: hiat
- Phofsit Daibuun: hiad
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛt̚⁵/
- IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛt̚³²/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛt̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hioh
- Tâi-lô: hioh
- Phofsit Daibuun: hioiq
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɤʔ⁵/
- IPA (Taipei): /hioʔ³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɤʔ³²/
- IPA (Xiamen): /hiɤʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hehⁿ
- Tâi-lô: hennh
- Phofsit Daibuun: hveq
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hẽʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: heh
- Tâi-lô: heh
- Phofsit Daibuun: heq
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /heʔ³²/
- Note: hiat - literary; hioh/hehⁿ/heh - vernacular.
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 歇 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ɕiɛ⁵⁵/ |
| Harbin | /ɕiɛ⁴⁴/ | |
| Tianjin | /ɕie²¹/ | |
| Jinan | /ɕiə²¹³/ | |
| Qingdao | /ɕiə⁵⁵/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /ɕiɛ²⁴/ | |
| Xi'an | /ɕiɛ²¹/ | |
| Xining | /ɕi⁴⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /ɕie¹³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /ɕiə¹³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /ɕiɤ²¹³/ | |
| Wuhan | /ɕie²¹³/ | |
| Chengdu | /ɕie³¹/ | |
| Guiyang | /ɕie²¹/ | |
| Kunming | /ɕiɛ³¹/ | |
| Nanjing | /ɕieʔ⁵/ | |
| Hefei | /ɕiɐʔ⁵/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /ɕiəʔ²/ |
| Pingyao | /ɕiʌʔ¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /ɕiaʔ⁴³/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ɕiɪʔ⁵/ |
| Suzhou | /ɕiəʔ⁵/ | |
| Hangzhou | /ɕiəʔ⁵/ | |
| Wenzhou | /ɕi²¹³/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /ɕieʔ²¹/ |
| Tunxi | /ɕia⁵/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ɕie²⁴/ |
| Xiangtan | /ɕie²⁴/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /ɕiɛʔ⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /hiat̚¹/ |
| Taoyuan | /hiet̚²²/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /hit̚³/ |
| Nanning | /hit̚³³/ | |
| Hong Kong | /hit̚³/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) |
/hiat̚³²/ /hioʔ³²/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /hyɔʔ²³/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /xyɛ²⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /hiaʔ²/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) |
/he⁵⁵/ /hɛ³⁵/ /hɛ³³/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 歇 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 月 (67) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 許謁切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/hɨɐt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/hiɐt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/xiɐt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/hɨat̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/xiɐt̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/xĭɐt̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/xɨ̯ɐt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
xie |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 歇 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
xiē |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ xjot › |
| Old Chinese |
/*qʰat/ |
| English | cease, rest (v.) |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 歇 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5064 |
| Phonetic component |
曷 |
| Rime group |
月 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
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| Old Chinese |
/*qʰad/ |
Definitions
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Kanji
歇
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
歇 • (heol) (hangeul 헐, revised heol, McCune-Reischauer hŏl, Yale hel)
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