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溉

溉

See also: 漑

Translingual

Han character

溉 (radical 85 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水日戈山 (EAIU), four-corner 3111₄)

water, irrigate, flood
wash

References

KangXi: not present, would follow page 639, character 11

Dae Jaweon: page 1054, character 9

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1689, character 5

Unihan data for U+6E89

Chinese

simp. and trad.		溉

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (旡) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
溉	kɯːds, kɯds
槩	*kɯːds
概	*kɯːds
摡	kɯːds, qʰɯds
慨	*kʰɯːds
嘅	*kʰɯːds
穊	*krɯds
暨	ɡrɯds, kɯds, *krɯd
鱀	ɡrɯds, ɡɯs
塈	ɡrɯds, qʰɯds
既	*kɯds
旡	*kɯds
蔇	*kɯds
炁	*kʰɯds
櫭	*ɡrad
曁	*kɯd

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): gài (gai⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): koi³, goi³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: gài
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄞˋ
  - Wade-Giles: kai⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gay
  - IPA ^(key): /kaɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: koi³, goi³
  - Yale: koi, goi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: koi³, goi³
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰɔːi̯³³/, /kɔːi̯³³/

Old Chinese▼

(Baxter-Sagart): /*[k]ˤə[t]-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*kɯːds/, /*kɯds/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	溉
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gài
Middle Chinese	‹ koj^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˤə[t]-s/
English	to wash
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	溉	溉
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	5810	5824
Phonetic component	旡	旡
Rime group	隊	隊
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	漑	旣
Old Chinese	/*kɯːds/	/*kɯds/

Definitions

溉

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Compounds

噴灑灌溉／喷洒灌溉
沆溉
沾溉
淤溉

灌溉 (guàngài)
灌溉工程
灌溉渠

畦溝灌溉／畦沟灌溉
自流灌溉
輪流灌溉／轮流灌溉

References

(Cantonese) Multi-function Chinese Character Database (漢語多功能字庫)

Japanese

Kanji

溉

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On: がい (gai), かい (kai)

Kun: そそぐ (sosogu)

Korean

Hanja

溉 • ‎(gae) (hangeul 개, revised gae, McCune-Reischauer kae, Yale kay)

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