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Translingual

Han character

(radical 85 +5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水心廿 (EPT), four-corner 34117, composition)

  1. to leak (of water or gas)
  2. to vent
  3. to flow
  4. reveal
  5. divulge (secrets)
  6. to give vent (to anger, spite, etc.)
  7. disperse
  8. reduce

References

  • KangXi: page 615, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17267
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1009, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1580, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+6CC4

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2
Initial () (16)
Final () (81)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/siᴇt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/siɛt̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/sjæt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/siat̚/
Li
Rong
/siɛt̚/
Wang
Li
/sĭɛt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/si̯ɛt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xie
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xiè
Middle
Chinese
‹ sjet ›
Old
Chinese
/*s-lat/
English leak, ooze

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 # 2/2
No. 11589
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sled/

Definitions

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Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2
Initial () (36)
Final () (35)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/jiᴇiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/jiɛiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/jæiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/jiajH/
Li
Rong
/iɛiH/
Wang
Li
/jĭɛiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/i̯ɛiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xiè
Middle
Chinese
‹ yejH ›
Old
Chinese
/*lat-s/
English leak, ooze

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 # 1/2
No. 11539
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*lebs/

Definitions

  1. Only used in 泄沓.
  2. Only used in 泄泄.

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(seol, ye) (hangeul , , revised seol, ye, McCune-Reischauer sŏl, ye, Yale sel, yey)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(tướt, dịa, duệ, tiết, thực)

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