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寂寞

寂寞

Chinese

lonesome lonesome
simp. and trad.
(寂寞) 		寂 寞

Adjective

寂寞

  1. lonely; lonesome
  2. quiet; still

Noun

寂寞

  1. loneliness; desolation
  2. quiet; still

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (寂寞):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
寂 寞
せき
Grade: S 		ばく
Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

寂寞 ‎(hiragana せきばく, romaji sekibaku)

  1. loneliness, desolation

Adjective

寂寞 ‎(-tari inflection, hiragana せきばく, romaji sekibaku)

  1. lonely, desolate

References

  1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja in this term
寂 寞

Noun

寂寞 • ‎(jeongmak) ‎(hangeul 적막)

  1. Hanja form? of 적막, “loneliness, desolation”.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 寂 寞
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 從 (15) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 錫 (127) 鐸 (103)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV I
Fanqie 前歷切 慕各切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /d͡zek̚/ /mɑk̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /d͡zek̚/ /mɑk̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /d͡zɛk̚/ /mɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /d͡zɛjk̚/ /mak̚/
Li
Rong		 /d͡zek̚/ /mɑk̚/
Wang
Li		 /d͡ziek̚/ /mɑk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /d͡zʱiek̚/ /mɑk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jí mò
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 寂
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 jì
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ dzek ›
Old
Chinese		 /*s-[d]ˤiwk/
English quiet

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 寂 寞
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 11734 9255
Phonetic
component		 尗 莫
Rime
group		 覺 鐸
Rime
subdivision		 2 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 寂 莫
Old
Chinese		 /*zlɯːwɢ/ /*maːɡ/

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