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Translingual

Han character

(radical 86 +6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十戈火 (JIF), composition𢦏)

References

  • KangXi: page 670, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19008
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1079, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2198, character 16
  • Unihan data for U+70D6

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (𢦏) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
𢦏 *ʔslɯː
*ʔslɯː, *zlɯːs
*ʔslɯː
*ʔslɯː
*ʔslɯːʔ, *ʔslɯːs, *zlɯːs
*ʔsɯː
*ʔsɯː, *sʰɯː
*zɯː
*zlɯː, *zlɯːs
*l'ɯːs, *zlɯːs
*sʰles, *sʰɯs
*ʔsrɯs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ʔslɯː) : semantic  + phonetic 𢦔.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (13)
Final () (41)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʌi/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡səi/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sɒi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡səj/
Li
Rong
/t͡sᴀi/
Wang
Li
/t͡sɒi/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡sɑ̆i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zāi
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zāi
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsoj ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ts]ˤə/
English calamity

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. 16491
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ʔslɯː/

Definitions

  1. calamities from Heaven, as floods, famines, pestilence, etc.
  2. misery

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Vietnamese

Han character

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References