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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 75 +5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 心廿木 (PTD), composition)

  1. a table
  2. flat pieces of wood
  3. a slip
  4. a leaf

Derived terms

References


Chinese

simp. and trad.
alt. forms

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*ɦljebs, *hljebs
*l̥ʰebs, *lebs
*ʔljebs
*hljebs
*lebs, *sled
*lebs
*lebs
*lebs
*lebs
*lebs, *led
*lebs
*lebs, *libs
*l̥ʰeːbs
*l̥ʰaːb, *l'eːb
*zreːb, *sled
*zreːb, *l̥ʰeb, *leb
*rlaːb, *ʔl'eːb, *l'eːb
*rlaːb, *sleːb
*l'eb, *leb, *lab
*hljeb, *leb
*hljeb, *hleːb
*hljeb, *sleːb
*leb
*leb
*leb, *l'eːb, *ɦljed
*leb
*leb, *hleːb
*l̥ʰeːb, *l'eːb
*l'eːb
*l'eːb
*l'eːb
*l'eːb
*l'eːb
*l'eːb
*l'eːb
*l'eːb
*sleːb
*sleːb
*sled
*sled
*sled
*sled
*sled

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *leb) : phonetic  (OC *hljebs) + semantic  (wood) .

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (36)
Final () (155)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/jiᴇp̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/jiɛp̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/jæp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/jiap̚/
Li
Rong
/iɛp̚/
Wang
Li
/jĭɛp̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/i̯ɛp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ yep ›
Old
Chinese
/*lap/
English leaf

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 # 1/1
No. 11560
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*leb/

Noun

  1. a table
  2. flat pieces of wood
  3. a slip
  4. a leaf

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. table
  2. flat pieces of wood
  3. slip
  4. leaf

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(yeop) (hangeul , revised yeop, McCune-Reischauer yŏp)

  1. table
  2. flat pieces of wood
  3. slip
  4. leaf