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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 169 +10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 日弓竹山木 (ANHUD), four-corner 77904)

  1. the doorsill

References

  • KangXi: page 1339, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41449
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1844, character 20
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4313, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+95D1

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*ŋ̥ʰreds, *ŋeːds
*ŋeːd
*ŋeːd, *ŋred
*ŋeːd
*ŋeːd, *ŋred

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (31) (31)
Final () (87) (83)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV Chongniu III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋet̚/ /ŋˠiᴇt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋet̚/ /ŋᵚiɛt̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋɛt̚/ /ŋiæt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋɛt̚/ /ŋiat̚/
Li
Rong
/ŋet̚/ /ŋjɛt̚/
Wang
Li
/ŋiet̚/ /ŋĭɛt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋiet̚/ /ŋi̯ɛt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yuè
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
niè niè
Middle
Chinese
‹ nget › ‹ ngjet ›
Old
Chinese
/*ŋˤet/ /*ŋr[e]t/
English vertical post or pole vertical post

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. 9525 9526
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋeːd/ /*ŋred/

Definitions

  1. (obsolete) short wooden column in the middle of a doorway

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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