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Translingual

Han character

(radical 61 +5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 心戈口 (PIR), four-corner 93060, composition)

  1. harmony
  2. pleasure, joy
  3. be glad, cheerful, happy, joyous, contented, pleased

References

  • KangXi: page 381, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10470
  • Dae Jaweon: page 710, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2289, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+6021

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*l̥ʰɯː
*l̥ʰɯː, *l'ɯː, *l'ɯː, *lɯ
*l̥ʰɯː
*l̥ʰɯː, *lɯ
*l̥ʰɯː
*l'ɯː
*l'ɯː
*l'ɯː, *l'ɯːʔ
*l'ɯː
*l'ɯː, *l'i
*l'ɯː
*l'ɯːʔ
*l'ɯːʔ
*l'ɯːʔ
紿 *l'ɯːʔ
*l'ɯːʔ, *lɯ
*l'ɯːʔ
*hlɯː
*lɯːʔ, *l̥ʰɯs, *lɯʔ
*slɯʔ
*ljɯ
*ljɯʔ
*l̥ʰɯ
*l̥ʰɯ, *hljɯ
*l̥ʰɯs, *lɯ
*l'ɯ, *l'ɯs, *l'is
*hljɯʔ
*lɯ
*lɯ
*lɯ
*lɯ
*li

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (36)
Final () (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/jɨ/
Pan
Wuyun
/jɨ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ie/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/jɨ/
Li
Rong
/iə/
Wang
Li
/jĭə/
Bernard
Karlgren
/i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ yi ›
Old
Chinese
/*lə/
English cheerful

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. 12292
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*lɯ/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 下氣怡色下气怡色
  • 不怡
  • 心怡神悅心怡神悦
  • 心怡神曠心怡神旷
  • 心曠神怡心旷神怡
  • 心蕩神怡心荡神怡
  • 怡堂燕雀
  • 怡怡
  • 怡悅怡悦
  • 怡情悅性怡情悦性
  • 怡情理性
  • 怡情養性怡情养性
  • 怡然 (yírán)
  • 怡然自娛怡然自娱
  • 怡然自得
  • 怡然自悅怡然自悦
  • 怡然自樂怡然自乐
  • 怡然自足
  • 怡聲怡声
  • 怡聲下氣怡声下气
  • 怡色
  • 怡顏怡颜
  • 怡顏悅色怡颜悦色
  • 熙怡
  • 神怡心曠神怡心旷
  • 神怡心醉
  • 神色怡然
  • 言笑嘻怡
  • 養怡养怡

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(di)

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