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瑟

瑟

Translingual

Han character

瑟 (radical 96 玉+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一土心竹 (MGPH), four-corner 11331)

  1. an ancient stringed musical instrument (long zither)
  2. dignified, massive
  3. sound of wind

References

  • KangXi: page 738, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21133
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1149, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1125, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+745F

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 瑟

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (必) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
泌 *mpriɡs, *priɡ, *bliɡ
秘 *mpriɡs
毖 *priɡs
閟 *priɡs
柲 *priɡs, *bliːɡ, *priɡ, *bliɡ
鉍 *priɡs, *priɡ
邲 *priɡs, *bliɡ, *briɡ
覕 *pliŋs, *mbliːɡ
咇 *bliːɡ, *priɡ, *bliɡ
苾 *bliːɡ, *bliɡ
馝 *bliːɡ, *bliɡ
飶 *bliːɡ, *bliɡ
鴓 *mbliːɡ
鮅 *pliɡ, *bliɡ
必 *pliɡ
珌 *pliɡ
佖 *bliɡ, *briɡ
駜 *bliɡ, *briɡ
怭 *bliɡ
妼 *bliɡ
宓 *mriɡ, *mliɡ
樒 *mriɡ
密 *mriɡ
蔤 *mriɡ
滵 *mriɡ
蜜 *mliɡ
謐 *mliɡ
榓 *mliɡ
淧 *mliɡ
瑟 *smriɡ, *smriɡ
璱 *sriɡ
飋 *sriɡ
虙 *blɯɡ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 瑟
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 生 (21)
Final (韻) 櫛 (51)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 所櫛切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʃɪt̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʃɪt̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʃiet̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʂit̚/
Li
Rong		 /ʃiĕt̚/
Wang
Li		 /ʃĭet̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʂi̯æt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 she
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 瑟
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 sè
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ srit ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[s.m]ri[t]/
English lute

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 瑟 瑟
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 599 602
Phonetic
component		 必 必
Rime
group		 質 質
Rime
subdivision		 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 瑟 瑟
Old
Chinese		 /*smriɡ/ /*smriɡ/

Definitions

瑟

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Japanese

Kanji

瑟

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

瑟 • ‎(seul) (hangeul 슬, revised seul, McCune-Reischauer sŭl, Yale sul)

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Vietnamese

Han character

瑟 (sắt)

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