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淒
淒
See also: 凄
Translingual
Han character
淒 (radical 85 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水十中女 (EJLV), four-corner 35144)
- bitter cold, miserable, dreary
References
- KangXi: page 629, character 23
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17635
- Dae Jaweon: page 1031, character 15
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1645, character 2
- Unihan data for U+6DD2
Chinese
| trad. | 淒 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 凄 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (妻) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 妻 | *sʰiːl, *sʰiːls |
| 萋 | *sʰiːl |
| 淒 | *sʰiːl |
| 凄 | *sʰiːl |
| 悽 | *sʰiːl |
| 鶈 | *sʰiːl |
| 郪 | *sʰiːl, *sʰil |
| 緀 | *sʰiːl, *sʰiːlʔ |
| 霋 | *sʰiːl |
| 棲 | *siːl |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ
- Wade-Giles: ch'ih1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chi
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: cai1
- Yale: chāi
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsai1
- IPA (key): /t͡sʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhi
- Tâi-lô: tshi
- Phofsit Daibuun: chy
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰi³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 淒 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 清 (14) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (39) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 七稽切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/t͡sʰei/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/t͡sʰei/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/t͡sʰɛi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/t͡sʰɛj/ |
| Li Rong |
/t͡sʰei/ |
| Wang Li |
/t͡sʰiei/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/t͡sʰiei/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
qī |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 淒 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9915 |
| Phonetic component |
妻 |
| Rime group |
脂 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
妻 |
| Old Chinese |
/*sʰiːl/ |
Definitions
淒
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Japanese
Kanji
淒
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
淒 • (cheo) (hangeul 처, revised cheo, McCune-Reischauer ch'ŏ, Yale che)
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Vietnamese
Han character
淒 (thê)
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