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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 203 +6, 18 strokes, cangjie input 田火弓戈弓 (WFNIN), four-corner 62327)

  1. black wood
  2. black

References

  • KangXi: page 1519, character 32
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48091
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2054, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4749, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+9EDF

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*ʔl'aːl
*ʔl'aːlʔ, *ʔl'aːls, *ʔr'aːls, *hr'aːl, *l̥ʰjaːlʔ, *l̥ʰjalʔ, *l̥ʰjɯs
*ʔl'aːls, *ʔl'aːds
*ʔl'aːls, *l̥ʰaːl, *l̥ʰaːn
*daːʔ, *tjaː
*l'aːlʔ, *l'alʔ
*naːlʔ
*naːlʔ, *l̥ʰjalʔ, *lal
*ʔr'aːl, *ʔr'aːls
*ɦljeːl, *lal
*ʔleːl, *ʔlil
*sʰlo, *l'al
*l'al, *l̥ʰjalʔ
*l'al, *lal
*ʔljjal, *l̥ʰjal
*ʔljalʔ, *l̥ʰjalʔ, *ɦljalʔ
*l̥ʰjalʔ
*l̥ʰjalʔ, *ɦljal, *ɦljalʔ
*l̥ʰjalʔ, *lal
*l̥ʰjalʔ
*l̥ʰjalʔ
*l̥ʰjals, *hljals
*ŋral
*ŋrals
*ŋrals
*lal
*lal
*lal
*lal, *lalʔ
*lal
*lal
*ɢljad

Pronunciation


Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (34) (34)
Final () (15) (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III IV
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔiɪ/ /ʔei/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔi/ /ʔei/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔjɪ/ /ʔɛi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔi/ /ʔɛj/
Li
Rong
/ʔi/ /ʔei/
Wang
Li
/i/ /iei/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔi/ /ʔiei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 2655 2691
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ʔleːl/ /*ʔlil/
Notes

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. ebony

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(i) (hangeul , revised i, McCune-Reischauer i, Yale i)

  1. black
  2. ebony