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Translingual

Han character

(radical 85 +8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水十中女 (EJLV), four-corner 35144)

  1. bitter cold, miserable, dreary

References

  • KangXi: page 629, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17635
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1031, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1645, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+6DD2

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*sʰiːl, *sʰiːls
*sʰiːl
*sʰiːl
*sʰiːl
*sʰiːl
*sʰiːl
*sʰiːl, *sʰil
*sʰiːl, *sʰiːlʔ
*sʰiːl
*siːl

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (14)
Final () (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʰei/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʰei/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sʰɛi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sʰɛj/
Li
Rong
/t͡sʰei/
Wang
Li
/t͡sʰiei/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡sʰiei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 9915
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sʰiːl/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 孤淒孤凄
  • 淒冷凄冷
  • 淒切凄切
  • 淒厲凄厉
  • 淒咽凄咽
  • 淒婉凄婉
  • 淒慘凄惨 (qīcǎn)
  • 淒斷凄断
  • 淒楚凄楚
  • 淒涼凄凉 (qīliáng)
  • 淒淒凄凄
  • 淒淒慘慘凄凄惨惨
  • 淒清凄清
  • 淒滄凄沧
  • 淒然凄然
  • 淒絕凄绝
  • 淒緊凄紧
  • 淒美凄美
  • 淒薄凄薄
  • 淒豔凄艳
  • 淒迷凄迷
  • 淒風凄风
  • 淒風苦雨凄风苦雨
  • 淒飆凄飙
  • 苦雨淒風苦雨凄风
  • 音容淒斷音容凄断
  • 風雨淒淒风雨凄凄

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(cheo) (hangeul , revised cheo, McCune-Reischauer ch'ŏ, Yale che)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(thê)

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