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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 75 +7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木人水 (DOE), four-corner 40232, composition𠆢)

Derived characters

References

  • KangXi: page 527, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14818
  • Dae Jaweon: page 916, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1217, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+687C

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*sʰiɡ
*sʰiɡ
*siɡ
*siɡ

Ideogrammic compound (會意) :  (tree) +  (water) – the resin (liquid) from a tree, used to make varnish.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (14)
Final () (48)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʰiɪt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʰit̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sʰjet̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sʰit̚/
Li
Rong
/t͡sʰiĕt̚/
Wang
Li
/t͡sʰĭĕt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡sʰi̯ĕt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qi
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ tshit ›
Old
Chinese
/*[tsʰ]i[t]/
English varnish

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. 9927
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sʰiɡ/

Definitions

  1. varnish tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum)
  2. lacquer, varnish, paint

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings