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贖
贖
See also: 赎
Translingual
Han character
贖 (radical 154 貝+15, 22 strokes, cangjie input 月金土田金 (BCGWC), four-corner 64886)
References
- KangXi: page 1213, character 8
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36970
- Dae Jaweon: page 1679, character 24
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3660, character 10
- Unihan data for U+8D16
Chinese
| trad. | 贖 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 赎 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 贖
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|---|---|---|
| Bronze inscriptions | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (儥) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 竇 | *l'oːɡs |
| 續 | *ljoɡs, *ljoɡ |
| 覿 | *l'juːɡ |
| 黷 | *l'oːɡ |
| 讟 | *l'oːɡ |
| 殰 | *l'oːɡ |
| 讀 | *l'oːɡ |
| 櫝 | *l'oːɡ |
| 牘 | *l'oːɡ |
| 儥 | *l'oːɡ, *luɡ |
| 贕 | *l'oːɡ |
| 皾 | *l'oːɡ |
| 瓄 | *l'oːɡ |
| 瀆 | *l'oːɡ |
| 豄 | *l'oːɡ |
| 韇 | *l'oːɡ |
| 嬻 | *l'oːɡ |
| 犢 | *l'oːɡ |
| 匵 | *l'oːɡ |
| 藚 | *ljoɡ |
| 襩 | *ɦljoɡ |
| 贖 | *ɦljoɡ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˊ
- Wade-Giles: shu2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shwu
- IPA (key): /ʂu³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: suk6
- Yale: suhk
- Cantonese Pinyin: suk9
- IPA (key): /sʊk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: su̍k
- Hakka Romanization System: sug
- Hagfa Pinyim: sug6
- IPA: /suk̚⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio̍k
- Tâi-lô: sio̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: siok
- IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɔk̚⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔk̚²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɔk̚¹²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɔk̚⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɔk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 贖 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 船 (27) |
| Final (韻) | 燭 (8) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 神蜀切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ʑɨok̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʑiok̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ʑiok̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʑuawk̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/d͡ʑiok̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/d͡ʑĭwok̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/d͡ʑʰi̯wok̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
shú |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 贖 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16056 |
| Phonetic component |
儥 |
| Rime group |
屋 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
贖 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ɦljoɡ/ |
Definitions
贖
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Japanese
Kanji
贖
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
贖 • (sok) (hangeul 속, revised sok, McCune-Reischauer sok, Yale sok)
- washing away your sin, 속죄하다
- clearing your debt by offering money, wealth or effort, 속바치다


