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亥
亥
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Translingual
Han character
亥 (radical 8 亠+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 卜女竹人 (YVHO), four-corner 00802, composition ⿳亠⿸𠃋丿人)
- the ordinal number twelve, as used in the Chinese calendar and in Chinese units of measure
- twelfth of twelve earthly branches (十二支): pig (猪) of Chinese zodiac
Related characters
See also
References
- KangXi: page 88, character 8
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 292
- Dae Jaweon: page 186, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 283, character 5
- Unihan data for U+4EA5
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
亥 | |
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| alt. forms |
㐪 𠀅 |
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˋ
- Wade-Giles: hai4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hay
- IPA (key): /xaɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: hoi6
- Yale: hoih
- Cantonese Pinyin: hoi6
- IPA (key): /hɔːi̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hoi
- Hakka Romanization System: hoi
- Hagfa Pinyim: hoi4
- IPA: /ho̯i⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāi
- Tâi-lô: hāi
- Phofsit Daibuun: hai
- IPA (Xiamen): /haɪ²²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /haɪ⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /haɪ²²/
- IPA (Taipei): /haɪ³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /haɪ³³/
- (Hokkien)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 亥 |
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| Mandarin | Beijing | /xai⁵¹/ |
| Harbin |
/xai⁵³/ /xai²⁴/ |
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| Tianjin | /xai⁵³/ | |
| Jinan | /xɛ²¹/ | |
| Qingdao | /xɛ⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /xai⁴²/ | |
| Xi'an | /xai⁴⁴/ | |
| Xining | /xɛ²¹³/ | |
| Yinchuan | /xɛ¹³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /xɛ¹³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /xai⁵¹/ | |
| Wuhan | /xai³⁵/ | |
| Chengdu |
/xai¹³/ /xe³¹/ |
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| Guiyang | /xai²¹³/ | |
| Kunming | /xæ²¹²/ | |
| Nanjing | /xae⁴⁴/ | |
| Hefei | /xe̞⁵³/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /xai⁴⁵/ |
| Pingyao | /xæ⁵³/ | |
| Hohhot | /xɛ⁵⁵/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ɦe²³/ |
| Suzhou | /ɦe̞³¹/ | |
| Hangzhou | /ɦe̞¹³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /ɦe³⁵/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /xɛ²²/ |
| Tunxi | /xa²⁴/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /xai⁵⁵/ |
| Xiangtan | /ɦai²¹/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /hai²¹/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /hoi⁵³/ |
| Taoyuan | /hoi⁵⁵/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /hɔi²²/ |
| Nanning | /hɔi²²/ | |
| Hong Kong | /hɔi²²/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /hai²²/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /hɑi²⁴²/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /xuɛ⁴⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /hai³⁵/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /hai³³/ |
| Rime | |
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| Character | 亥 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 咍 (41) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 胡改切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɦʌiX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɦəiX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ɣɒiX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ɦəjX/ |
| Li Rong |
/ɣᴀiX/ |
| Wang Li |
/ɣɒiX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ɣɑ̆iX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
hài |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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| Character | 亥 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
hài |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ hojX › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[ɡ]ˤəʔ/ |
| English | 12th earthly branch |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 亥 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4828 |
| Phonetic component |
亥 |
| Rime group |
之 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
亥 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ɡɯːʔ/ |
| Notes | 甲金文象根荄爲荄之初文，陳獨秀說 |
Definitions
亥
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References
- “Entry #2051”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Japanese
Kanji
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
亥 • (hae) (hangeul 해, revised hae, McCune-Reischauer hae)
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Vietnamese
Han character
亥 (hợi)
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Etymology
| Historical forms of the character 亥
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (亥) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 該 | *kɯː |
| 垓 | *kɯː |
| 賅 | *kɯː |
| 陔 | *kɯː |
| 豥 | *kɯː, *ɡɯː |
| 荄 | *kɯː, *krɯː |
| 郂 | *kɯː |
| 姟 | *kɯː |
| 絯 | *kɯː, *ɡrɯːʔ |
| 晐 | *kɯː |
| 峐 | *kɯː |
| 侅 | *kɯː, *kʰɯː, *ɡɯːʔ, *ɡrɯːʔ |
| 胲 | *kɯː |
| 頦 | *kɯːʔ, *ɡɯː |
| 奒 | *kʰɯː |
| 輆 | *kʰɯːʔ |
| 欬 | *kʰɯːɡs, *qraːds |
| 硋 | *ŋɡɯːɡs |
| 閡 | *ŋɡɯːɡs |
| 咳 | *qʰɯː, *ɡɯː |
| 孩 | *ɡɯː |
| 亥 | *ɡɯːʔ |
| 劾 | *ɡɯːɡs, *kʰrɯːɡs, *ɡɯːɡ |
| 痎 | *krɯː |
| 烗 | *kʰrɯːɡs |
| 骸 | *ɡrɯː |
| 駭 | *ɡrɯːʔ |
| 刻 | *kʰɯːɡ |
| 餩 | *qɯːɡ |
| 核 | *ɡuːd, *ɡrɯːɡ |