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泣

泣

Translingual

Han character

泣 (radical 85 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水卜廿 (EYT), four-corner 30118, composition ⿰氵立)

References

  • KangXi: page 617, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17309
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1012, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1593, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+6CE3

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 泣

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 泣
Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (立) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
涖 *rɯːbs, *rɯbs
莅 *rɯbs, *rɯbs
蒞 *rɯbs
位 *ɢʷrɯbs
拉 *ruːb
菈 *ruːb
颯 *sluːb
立 *rɯb
粒 *rɯb
笠 *ɡ·rɯb
砬 *rɯb
岦 *rɯb
苙 *ɡ·rɯb, *ɡrɯb
鴗 *rɯb
雴 *r̥ʰɯb
泣 *kʰrɯb

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 泣
Mandarin Beijing /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
Harbin /t͡ɕʰi⁵³/
Tianjin /t͡ɕʰi⁵³/
Jinan /t͡ɕʰi²¹³/
Qingdao /t͡ɕʰi⁴²/
Zhengzhou /t͡ɕʰi³¹²/
Xi'an /t͡ɕʰi²¹/
Xining /t͡ɕʰji²¹³/
Yinchuan /t͡ɕʰi¹³/
Lanzhou /t͡ɕʰi¹³/
Ürümqi /t͡ɕʰi²¹³/
Wuhan /ɕi²¹³/
Chengdu /ɕi³¹/
Guiyang /t͡ɕʰi²¹/
Kunming /t͡ɕʰi³¹/
Nanjing /t͡sʰiʔ⁵/
Hefei /t͡ɕʰiəʔ⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡ɕʰiəʔ²/
Pingyao /t͡ɕʰiʌʔ¹³/
Hohhot /t͡ɕʰiəʔ⁴³/
Wu Shanghai /t͡ɕʰiɪʔ⁵/
Suzhou /t͡ɕʰiəʔ⁵/
Hangzhou /t͡ɕʰiəʔ⁵/
Wenzhou /t͡ɕʰai²¹³/
Hui Shexian /t͡ɕʰiʔ²¹/
Tunxi
Xiang Changsha /ɕi²⁴/
Xiangtan /t͡ɕʰi²⁴/
Gan Nanchang
Hakka Meixian /kʰip̚¹/
Taoyuan /kʰip̚⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /jɐp̚⁵/
Nanning /jep̚⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /jɐp̚⁵/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /kʰip̚³²/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /kʰɛiʔ²³/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /kʰi²⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /kʰip̚²/
Haikou (Min Nan) /li³⁵/
Rime
Character 泣
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 緝 (142)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) Chongniu III
Fanqie 去急切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kʰˠiɪp̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʰᵚip̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kʰiep̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kʰjip̚/
Li
Rong		 /kʰjəp̚/
Wang
Li		 /kʰĭĕp̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kʰi̯əp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 qi
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 泣
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 qì
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ khip ›
Old
Chinese		 /*k-r̥əp/
English weep

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 泣
Reading # 1/1
No. 7877
Phonetic
component		 立
Rime
group		 緝
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰrɯb/

Definitions

泣

  1. cry, sob, weep
  2. tears

Japanese

Kanji

泣

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. to cry, to weep

Readings

Korean

Hanja

泣 • ‎(eup) (hangeul 읍)

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Vietnamese

Han character

泣 (khấp, khắp, lớp, rắp, rập, khóc)

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