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Translingual

Han character

(radical 149 +7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜口戈人大 (YRIOK), four-corner 03634)

  1. berate
  2. sigh

References

  • KangXi: page 1161, character 29
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35513
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1626, character 35
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3980, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+8A92

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*qʰlɯː, *qɯː, *qrɯː, *qrɯːʔ
*qlɯː
*qɯː, *qʰrɯːs
*qɯː, *qʰlɯ
*qlɯːʔ, *qrɯː, *qrɯːʔ
*ŋrɯːʔ, *sɢrɯʔ
*sɢrɯʔ, *ɡlɯl
*sɢrɯʔ
*sɢrɯʔ
*qʰlɯ
*ɢlɯʔ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (32)
Final () (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hɨ/
Pan
Wuyun
/hɨ/
Shao
Rongfen
/xie/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/hɨ/
Li
Rong
/xiə/
Wang
Li
/xĭə/
Bernard
Karlgren
/xi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 14948
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qʰlɯ/

Definitions

  1. hey

References


E

Proper noun

  1. E (language)

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. an exclamation of confirmation

Readings


Korean

Hanja

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

  1. sigh