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翕
翕
Translingual
Han character
翕 (radical 124 羽+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 人口尸一一 (ORSMM), four-corner 80127, composition ⿱合羽)
References
- KangXi: page 956, character 42
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28691
- Dae Jaweon: page 1402, character 18
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3347, character 20
- Unihan data for U+7FD5
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
翕 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 翕
| |
|---|---|
| Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (合) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 龕 | *kʰuːm |
| 媕 | *quːm, *qromʔ, *qɯːm, *qramʔ, *qɯːb |
| 頜 | *ɡuːmʔ, *kuːb |
| 答 | *tkuːb |
| 畣 | *tkuːb |
| 荅 | *tkuːb |
| 嗒 | *tuːb, *tʰoːb |
| 褡 | *tuːb, *toːb |
| 撘 | *tuːb |
| 搭 | *tuːb, *tʰoːb |
| 榙 | *tkuːb, *ɡuːb |
| 佮 | *tkʰuːb, *kuːb, *quːb, *quːb |
| 蛤 | *kuːb |
| 鴿 | *kuːb |
| 合 | *kuːb, *ɡuːb |
| 郃 | *kuːb, *ɡuːb |
| 匌 | *kuːb, *kʰuːb |
| 鉿 | *kuːb |
| 閤 | *kuːb |
| 鞈 | *kuːb, *kruːb |
| 韐 | *kuːb, *kruːb |
| 鮯 | *kuːb |
| 哈 | *ŋɡuːb |
| 姶 | *quːb, *quːb |
| 欱 | *qʰuːb, *qʰruːb |
| 盒 | *ɡuːb |
| 耠 | *ɡuːb |
| 詥 | *ɡuːb |
| 塔 | *tʰuːb |
| 鞳 | *tʰoːb |
| 劄 | *rtuːb |
| 跲 | *kruːb, *kob, *ɡob |
| 袷 | *kruːb, *ŋkob |
| 餄 | *kruːb |
| 恰 | *kʰruːb |
| 帢 | *kʰruːb |
| 洽 | *ɡruːb |
| 祫 | *ɡruːb |
| 珨 | *ɡruːb |
| 烚 | *ɡruːb |
| 歙 | *qʰjob, *qʰrub |
| 湁 | *tkʰub |
| 拾 | *ɡjub |
| 給 | *krub |
| 翕 | *qʰrub |
| 噏 | *qʰrub |
| 潝 | *qʰrub |
| 熻 | *qʰrub |
| 嬆 | *qʰrub |
| 翖 | *qʰrub |
| 闟 | *qʰrub |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
- Wade-Giles: hsih1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
- IPA (key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: jap1
- Yale: yāp
- Cantonese Pinyin: jap7
- IPA (key): /jɐp̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hip
- Tâi-lô: hip
- Phofsit Daibuun: hib
- IPA (Xiamen): /hip̚³²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hip̚⁵/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hip̚³²/
- IPA (Taipei): /hip̚³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hip̚³²/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 翕 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 緝 (142) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | Chongniu III |
| Fanqie | 許及切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/hˠiɪp̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/hᵚip̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/xiep̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/hjip̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/xjəp̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/xĭĕp̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/xi̯əp̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
xi |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 翕 | 翕 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
xì | xì |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ xip › | ‹ xip › |
| Old Chinese |
/*qʰ(r)[ə]p/ | /*qʰ(r)[ə]p/ |
| English | united, harmonious | draw in; inhale |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | ||
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 翕 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5004 |
| Phonetic component |
合 |
| Rime group |
緝 |
| Rime subdivision |
3 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
吸 |
| Old Chinese |
/*qʰrub/ |
Definitions
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Japanese
Kanji
翕
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
翕 • (heup) (hangeul 흡, revised heup, McCune-Reischauer hŭp, Yale hup)
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Vietnamese
Han character
翕 (hấp)
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