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蝨
蝨
See also: 虱
Translingual
Han character
蝨 (radical 142 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 弓十中戈戈 (NJLII), four-corner 17136)
References
- KangXi: page 1090, character 19
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33303
- Dae Jaweon: page 1556, character 13
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2874, character 5
- Unihan data for U+8768
Chinese
| trad. | 蝨/虱 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 虱 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 蝨
| |
|---|---|
| Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (卂) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 汛 | *sreːls, *siːns, *sins |
| 軐 | *siːns |
| 卂 | *sins, *tods |
| 訊 | *sins |
| 訙 | *sins |
| 迅 | *sins, *sɯns |
| 阠 | *sins, *srin, *hljins |
| 扟 | *srin |
| 籸 | *srin |
| 蝨 | *sriɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sriɡ) : phonetic 卂 (OC *sins, *tods) + semantic 䖵.
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-r(j)ik (“louse”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): sat1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): set
- Min Nan (POJ): sat
- Wu (Wiktionary): seq (T4)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕ
- Wade-Giles: shih1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shy
- IPA (key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: sat1
- Yale: sāt
- Cantonese Pinyin: sat7
- IPA (key): /sɐt̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: set
- Hakka Romanization System: sed`
- Hagfa Pinyim: sed5
- IPA: /set̚²/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sat
- Tâi-lô: sat
- Phofsit Daibuun: sad
- IPA (Xiamen): /sat̚³²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /sat̚⁵/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /sat̚³²/
- IPA (Taipei): /sat̚³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /sat̚³²/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: seq (T4)
- IPA (key): /səʔ⁵⁵/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 蝨 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 生 (21) |
| Final (韻) | 櫛 (51) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 所櫛切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ʃɪt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʃɪt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ʃiet̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʂit̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/ʃiĕt̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/ʃĭet̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ʂi̯æt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
she |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 蝨 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
shī |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ srit › |
| Old Chinese |
/*srik/ |
| English | louse |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 蝨 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 14148 |
| Phonetic component |
卂 |
| Rime group |
質 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
瑟 |
| Old Chinese |
/*sriɡ/ |
Definitions
蝨
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
蝨
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
蝨 • (seul) (hangeul 슬, revised seul, McCune-Reischauer sŭl, Yale sul)
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