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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 94 +8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 大竹手一月 (KHQMB), four-corner 45227, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 714, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20499
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1125, character 20
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1351, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+731C

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*sʰlɯː
*sʰleːns
*sʰleːns, *ʔsreːŋ
*sʰleːns, *sʰleŋs
*sʰleːns
*sʰeːns
*sʰeːns
*sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs
*sreŋ
*sreŋ
*sreŋ
*sreŋ, *sleːŋ
*sreŋ
*sreŋ, *sreŋs
*sreŋ, *seːŋ
*sreŋ
*sreŋʔ
*sreŋs
*zreːŋ
*ʔsleŋ, *ʔsleŋs
*ʔsleŋ
*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
*ʔsleŋ
*ʔsleŋ, *zleŋs, *zleŋʔ
*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleŋʔ
*ʔsleŋ
*ʔsleŋ
*ʔsleŋ
*sʰleŋ
*sʰleŋ
*sʰleŋʔ, *zleŋs, *zleŋ
*sʰleŋs
*zleŋs, *zleŋ
*zleŋs
*zleŋ
*zleŋ
*zleŋ
*zleŋʔ
*zleŋʔ
*seŋʔ, *seːŋs
*seŋʔ, *seːŋ
*sleŋs
*sleŋs
*l̥ʰeŋs
*ʔljeŋ, *sʰleːŋ
*sʰleːŋ
*sʰleːŋ, *sʰleːŋs
*sʰleːŋs
*sleːŋ
*sleːŋ
*sleːŋ
*sleːŋ
*seːŋ, *seːŋs
*seːŋ
*seːŋ, *seːŋʔ, *seːŋs
*seːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sʰlɯː) : semantic  + phonetic  (OC *sʰleːŋ).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (14)
Final () (41)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʰʌi/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʰəi/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sʰɒi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sʰəj/
Li
Rong
/t͡sʰᴀi/
Wang
Li
/t͡sʰɒi/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡sʰɑ̆i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
cāi
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 11305
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sʰlɯː/

Definitions

  1. to guess; to suppose; to conjecture
  2. to suspect; to have a suspicion
  3. suspicion; jealousy

See also

Compounds

  • 三智五猜
  • 兩小無猜两小无猜
  • 兩無猜疑两无猜疑
  • 左猜
  • 慮猜虑猜
  • 混猜
  • 無猜无猜
  • 猜三划五
  • 猜不著猜得着
  • 猜不透
  • 猜中
  • 猜啞謎猜哑谜
  • 猜嫌
  • 猜度
  • 猜得著
  • 猜忌 (cāijì)
  • 猜忍
  • 猜忖
  • 猜思
  • 猜悶兒猜闷儿
  • 猜想 (cāixiǎng)
  • 猜懼猜惧
  • 猜拳 (cāiquán)
  • 猜摸
  • 猜斷猜断
  • 猜枚
  • 猜測猜测 (cāicè)
  • 猜燈猜灯
  • 猜疑 (cāiyí)
  • 猜破
  • 猜著猜着
  • 猜詳猜详
  • 猜調猜调
  • 猜謎猜谜
  • 猜謎兒猜谜儿
  • 猜貳猜贰
  • 猜透
  • 猜題猜题
  • 疑猜
  • 瞎猜
  • 胡猜

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Compounds


Korean

Hanja

(si) (hangeul , revised si, McCune-Reischauer si, Yale si)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(sai, xai)

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