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燮

燮

Translingual

Han character

燮 (radical 86 火+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 火火水 (FFE), four-corner 9940₇, composition ⿱⿲火言火又)

harmonize, blend
adjust

References

KangXi: page 685, character 12

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19481

Dae Jaweon: page 1098, character 4

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 402, character 12

Unihan data for U+71EE

Chinese

simp. and trad.		燮

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (燮) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
燮	*seːb
躞	*seːb

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xiè (xie⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sit³, sip³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiè
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˋ
  - Wade-Giles: hsieh⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieh
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sit³, sip³
  - Yale: sit, sip
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sit⁸, sip⁸
  - IPA ^(key): /siːt̚³/, /siːp̚³/

Middle Chinese: /sep̚/▼

Rime
Character	燮
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	怗 (158)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	蘇協切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sep̚/
Pan Wuyun	/sep̚/
Shao Rongfen	/sɛp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛp̚/
Li Rong	/sep̚/
Wang Li	/siep̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/siep̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xie

Old Chinese▼

(Baxter-Sagart): /*s.qʰˤ(r)ip/

(Zhengzhang): /*seːb/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	燮
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiè
Middle Chinese	‹ sep ›
Old Chinese	/*s.qʰˤ(r)ip/
English	harmonious
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	燮
Reading #	1/1
No.	13797
Phonetic component	燮
Rime group	盍
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	燮
Old Chinese	/*seːb/

Definitions

燮

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Compounds

燮友
燮和

燮和之任
燮理陰陽／燮理阴阳

疊燮／叠燮
貼燮／贴燮

References

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

Japanese

Kanji

燮

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On: しょう (shō)

Kun: やわらげる (yawarageru)

Korean

Hanja

燮 • ‎(seop)
Eumhun:

Sound (hangeul): 섭 (revised: seop, McCune-Reischauer: sŏp, Yale: sep)

Name (hangeul): 불꽃()

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