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Translingual

Han character

(radical 46 +9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 山田心 (UWP), four-corner 22336, composition)

  1. child
  2. servant
  3. a diminutive

References

  • KangXi: page 315, character 36
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8260
  • Dae Jaweon: page 616, character 26
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 786, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+5D3D

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*ʔslɯːʔ, *srɯː, *srɯː
*sn̥ʰɯː, *snɯ
*snɯː
*snɯː
*snɯː
*snɯː
*snɯː
*snɯː
*srɯː, *snɯʔ
*snɯːls
*snɯ, *snɯs
*snɯ
*snɯ
*snɯ
*snɯ
*snɯʔ
*snɯ
*sʰrɯ
*snɯns
*sniŋs
*snɯː

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ʔslɯːʔ, *srɯː, *srɯː) : semantic  (mountain) + phonetic  (OC *snɯ, *snɯs).

Etymology

Cognate with (OC *ʔslɯʔ) and (OC *ʔslɯʔ).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (21) (21)
Final () (31) (33)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʃˠɛ/ /ʃˠɛi/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʃᵚæ/ /ʃᵚæi/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʃæi/ /ʃɐi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʂaɨj/ /ʂəɨj/
Li
Rong
/ʃɛ/ /ʃɛi/
Wang
Li
/ʃai/ /ʃɐi/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʂai/ /ʂăi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shāi shāi
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 13823 13831 13833
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ʔslɯːʔ/ /*srɯː/ /*srɯː/
Notes

Definitions

  1. (dialectal) son; child
  2. (dialectal) young animal

Compounds

  • 毛崽子
  • 狼崽子
  • 猴兒崽子猴儿崽子
  • 猴崽子
  • 細崽细崽
  • 西崽

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(jae) (hangeul , revised jae, McCune-Reischauer chae)

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Vietnamese

Han character

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References