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Translingual

Han character

(radical 115 +7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹木大大月 (HDKKB), four-corner 24927, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 853, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25058
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1277, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2609, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+7A00

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*hral, *hlɯl
*l̥ʰɯl
*l̥ʰɯl
*l̥ʰɯl, *hrɯnʔ, *hlɯns
*l̥ʰɯl
*hlɯl
*hlɯl
*hlɯl
*hlɯl
*hlɯl
*hlɯl
*hlɯl, *hlɯlʔ
*hlɯl
*hlɯl, *hlɯlʔ
*hlɯl, *hlɯls
*hlɯl
*hlɯlʔ, *hlɯls

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

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (32)
Final () (20)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hɨi/
Pan
Wuyun
/hɨi/
Shao
Rongfen
/xiəi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/hɨj/
Li
Rong
/xiəi/
Wang
Li
/xĭəi/
Bernard
Karlgren
/xe̯i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 13254
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*hlɯl/

Definitions

  1. rare, unusual, scarce
  2. sparse
  3. dilute
  4. thin thing
  5. very

Compounds

  • 不稀奇
  • 不稀罕
  • 人煙稀少人烟稀少
  • 依稀 (yīxī)
  • 古稀
  • 和稀泥
  • 地廣人稀地广人稀
  • 地瘠人稀
  • 年近古稀
  • 年逾古稀
  • 抹稀泥
  • 拉稀 (lāxī)
  • 月明星稀
  • 稀世
  • 稀世珍寶稀世珍宝
  • 稀土元素 (xītǔ yuánsù)
  • 稀奇 (xīqí)
  • 稀奇古怪
  • 稀客
  • 稀少
  • 稀巴爛稀巴烂
  • 稀有 (xīyǒu)
  • 稀有氣體稀有气体
  • 稀有金屬稀有金属
  • 稀泥
  • 稀爛稀烂 (xīlàn)
  • 稀疏 (xīshū)
  • 稀破
  • 稀稀疏疏
  • 稀罕 (xīhǎn)
  • 稀薄 (xībó)
  • 稀行
  • 稀釋稀释 (xīshì)
  • 稀釋劑稀释剂
  • 稀里嘩啦稀里哗啦
  • 稀里打哄
  • 稀飯稀饭 (xīfàn)
  • 稀鬆稀松 (xīsōng)
  • 稀鬆平常稀松平常
  • 綠暗紅稀绿暗红稀
  • 綠豆稀飯绿豆稀饭
  • 路斷人稀路断人稀
  • 路絕人稀路绝人稀
  • 躥稀蹿稀
  • 音稀信杳
  • 鴻稀鱗絕鸿稀鳞绝

Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Compounds

Adjectival noun

(-na inflection, hiragana まれ, romaji mare)

  1. rare

Alternative forms

Inflection


Korean

Hanja

(hui) (hangeul , revised hui, McCune-Reischauer hŭi, Yale huy)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(hi, hì, sầy, , si, hề, , , thu)

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