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Translingual

Han character

(radical 123 +10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿土竹木尸 (TGHDS), four-corner 80253, composition𦍌⿸⿰)

  1. (mythology) Fuxi, the ancient Chinese ruler and culture hero.
  2. breath, vapor

References

  • KangXi: page 953, character 40
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28552
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1398, character 28
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3137, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+7FB2

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Large seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*ŋaːl
*ŋaːl
*ŋaːl
*ŋaːl
*ŋaːl
*ŋaːl
*ŋaːl
*ŋaːl, *ŋralʔ
*ŋaːl
*ŋaːl
*ŋaːl
*ŋaːl, *ŋaːlʔ
*ŋaːlʔ
*ŋaːlʔ
*ŋaːls
*ŋrals
*ŋral
*ŋral, *ŋralʔ
*ŋral, *ŋralʔ
*ŋralʔ
*ŋralʔ
*ŋralʔ
*ŋralʔ, *hŋral
*ŋrals
*hŋral
*hŋral
*hŋral

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *hŋral) : semantic  + phonetic  (OC *ŋrals).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (32)
Final () (13)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () Chongniu III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hˠiᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun
/hᵚiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen
/xiɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/hjiə̆/
Li
Rong
/xje/
Wang
Li
/xǐe/
Bernard
Karlgren
/xie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ xje ›
Old
Chinese
/*ŋ̊(r)aj/
English (proper name)

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. 13059
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*hŋral/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 伏羲 (Fúxī)
  • 伏羲氏
  • 宓羲
  • 庖羲
  • 王羲之
  • 羲和
  • 羲和馭日羲和驭日
  • 羲皇
  • 羲皇上人
  • 羲經羲经
  • 赫羲
  • 黃宗羲黄宗羲

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(hui) (hangeul , revised hui, McCune-Reischauer hŭi, Yale huy)

  1. Fu Xi (伏羲 氏, 伏犧 氏: king and culture hero in ancient Chinese legend)