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Translingual

Han character

(radical 46 +7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 山大人人 (UKOO), four-corner 24738, composition)

  1. gorge, strait, ravine
  2. isthmus

References

  • KangXi: page 312, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8122
  • Dae Jaweon: page 612, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 773, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5CFD

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*qrebs
*qeːbs
*kʰemʔ
*skaːb, *skeːb
*skaːb, *ɡeːb
*kreːb
*kreːb
*sʰreːɡ, *kreːb, *keːb
*kreːb
*kreːb
*ɡreːb
*ɡreːb
*ɡreːb
*ɡreːb
*ɡreːb
*sraːb, *srɯːb
*kraːb, *keːb
*keːb
*keːb
*keːb
*keːb
*keːb
*kʰeːb
*kʰeːb
*kʰeːb
*kʰeːb
*ɡeːb
*ɡeːb

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (33)
Final () (152)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦˠɛp̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦᵚæp̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣɐp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦəɨp̚/
Li
Rong
/ɣɐp̚/
Wang
Li
/ɣɐp̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣăp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xiá
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xiá
Middle
Chinese
‹ hɛp ›
Old
Chinese
/*N-kˤ<r>ep/
English mountain pass (not in GSR)

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 5897
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡreːb/

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Compounds


Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(hyeop) (hangeul , revised hyeop, McCune-Reischauer hyŏp)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(hạp, giáp, hiệp, kẽm)

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