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Translingual

Han character

(radical 142 +10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 中戈山一廿 (LIUMT), four-corner 52118, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 1093, character 27
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33415
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1558, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2878, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+8798

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*tŋɯː, *ŋɯː
*kŋɯːl, *ŋɯːl
*ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ
*ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ
*ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ
*ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̥ʰɯːls
*ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ
*ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ
*ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̥ʰɯːls
*ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̥ʰɯlʔ
*ɡɯːls, *ŋɯːl
*ŋɯːl
*ŋɡɯːl
*ŋɯːl
*ŋɯːl, *ŋuːl, *ŋuːls
*ŋralʔ, *ŋɯlʔ
*krɯls
*ŋɯl
*ŋɯlʔ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (31) (31)
Final () (13) (20)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () Chongniu III III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋˠiᴇX/ /ŋɨiX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋᵚiɛX/ /ŋɨiX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋiɛX/ /ŋiəiX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋjiə̆X/ /ŋɨjX/
Li
Rong
/ŋjeX/ /ŋiəiX/
Wang
Li
/ŋǐeX/ /ŋĭəiX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋie̯X/ /ŋe̯iX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ ngjɨjX › ‹ ngjeX ›
Old
Chinese
/*m-qʰəjʔ/ /*m-qʰ(r)ajʔ/
English ant ant

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
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 10120 10125
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋralʔ/ /*ŋɯlʔ/

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of (, “ant”).

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. Alternative form of

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(ui) (hangeul , revised ui, McCune-Reischauer ŭi, Yale uy)

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