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Translingual

Han character

(radical 85 +5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水田人 (EWO), four-corner 36100, composition)

  1. swim, float, wade

References

  • KangXi: page 615, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17270
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1009, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1587, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+6CC5

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (17)
Final () (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/zɨu/
Pan
Wuyun
/ziu/
Shao
Rongfen
/ziəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/zuw/
Li
Rong
/ziu/
Wang
Li
/zĭəu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/zi̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xiú
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
qiú
Middle
Chinese
‹ zjuw ›
Old
Chinese
/*[s-N].ru/
English swim

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. 10555
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*lju/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(swi) (hangeul , revised swi, McCune-Reischauer swi, Yale swi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

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