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燧
燧
Translingual
Han character
燧 (radical 86 火+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 火卜廿人 (FYTO), four-corner 98833)
References
- KangXi: page 684, character 31
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19469
- Dae Jaweon: page 1097, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2236, character 11
- Unihan data for U+71E7
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
燧 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (遂) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 隊 | *l'uːds |
| 邃 | *sluds |
| 譢 | *sluds |
| 遂 | *ljuds |
| 隧 | *ljuds |
| 燧 | *ljuds |
| 襚 | *ljuds |
| 旞 | *ljuds |
| 璲 | *ljuds |
| 檖 | *ljuds |
| 澻 | *ljuds |
| 鐆 | *ljuds |
| 鐩 | *ljuds |
| 穟 | *ljuds |
| 墜 | *l'uds |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ljuds) : semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 遂 (OC *ljuds).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟˋ
- Wade-Giles: sui4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suey
- IPA (key): /su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: seoi6
- Yale: seuih
- Cantonese Pinyin: soey6
- IPA (key): /sɵy̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 燧 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 邪 (17) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (16) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 徐醉切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ziuɪH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/zʷiH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/zjuɪH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/zwiH/ |
| Li Rong |
/zuiH/ |
| Wang Li |
/zwiH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/zwiH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
suì |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 燧 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12150 |
| Phonetic component |
遂 |
| Rime group |
隊 |
| Rime subdivision |
3 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
遂 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ljuds/ |
Definitions
燧
- flintstone
- beacon fire; signal fire
- torch
Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
燧
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
燧 • (su) (hangeul 수, revised su, McCune-Reischauer su, Yale swu)
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