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溪

溪

See also: 渓 and 谿

Translingual

Han character

溪 (radical 85 水+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水月女大 (EBVK), four-corner 32134, composition ⿰氵奚)

References

  • KangXi: page 640, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17967
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1047, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1702, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+6EAA

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 溪

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (奚) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
謑 *qʰraːs, *qʰreːs, *ɡeːʔ
膎 *ɡreː
鞵 *ɡreː
榽 *ɡreː, *ɡeː
鷄 *keː
雞 *keː
谿 *kʰeː
嵠 *kʰeː
溪 *kʰeː
磎 *kʰeː
螇 *kʰeː, *ɡeː
鸂 *kʰeː
奚 *ɡeː
豯 *ɡeː
徯 *ɡeː, *ɡeːʔ
蹊 *ɡeː
騱 *ɡeː
傒 *ɡeː
鼷 *ɡeː
蒵 *ɡeː, *ɡeːs
貕 *ɡeː
慀 *ɡeːs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kʰeː) : semantic 氵 + phonetic 奚 ‎(OC *ɡeː).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 溪
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 苦奚切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kʰei/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʰei/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kʰɛi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kʰɛj/
Li
Rong		 /kʰei/
Wang
Li		 /kʰiei/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kʰiei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 qī
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 溪
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 xī
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ khej ›
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰˤe/
English valley with stream in it

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 溪
Reading # 1/1
No. 13360
Phonetic
component		 奚
Rime
group		 支
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 谿
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰeː/
Notes 同谿

Definitions

溪

  1. stream; creek; brook; rivulet; rill
  2. (Min Dong) unsophisticated; gauche; stupid

See also

Compounds

  • 下淡水溪
  • 八掌溪
  • 剡溪
  • 大安溪
  • 大溪
  • 大溪地
  • 大甲溪
  • 大肚溪
  • 平溪
  • 廣溪峽／广溪峡
  • 新店溪
  • 昂昂溪
  • 曾文溪
  • 杉林溪
  • 浣紗溪／浣纱溪
  • 浣花溪
  • 清溪
  • 溪壑
  • 溪客
  • 溪步
  • 溪流 (xīliú)
  • 溪澗／溪涧
  • 溪藤
  • 溪谷
  • 溪頭／溪头
  • 溪鴨／溪鸭
  • 濁水溪／浊水溪
  • 濂溪
  • 磨針溪／磨针溪
  • 磻溪
  • 礁溪鄉／礁溪乡
  • 秀姑巒溪／秀姑峦溪
  • 端溪
  • 竹溪六逸
  • 苕溪
  • 若耶溪
  • 蘭陽溪／兰阳溪
  • 螺溪石硯／螺溪石砚
  • 螺溪硯／螺溪砚
  • 霅溪
  • 馬躍檀溪／马跃檀溪
  • 鱷溪／鳄溪

Japanese

Kanji

溪

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

溪 • ‎(gye)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 계 (revised: gye, McCune-Reischauer: kye, Yale: kyey)
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Vietnamese

Han character

溪 (khê, khe)

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