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Translingual

Han character

(radical 85 +4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水心尸竹 (EPSH), four-corner 37120, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 611, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17199
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1003, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1562, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+6C8F

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*sn̥ʰiːds, *sn̥ʰiːd
*sʰiːds
*sʰiːd
*sn̥ʰid
*sn̥ʰid
*n̥ʰjid

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sʰiːd) : semantic  + phonetic  (OC *sn̥ʰiːds, *sn̥ʰiːd).

Pronunciation 1


Definitions

  1. to infuse; to brew; to steep (tea)
    /    yī bēi chá gěi nǐ hē   to make a cup of tea for you

Compounds

Pronunciation 2


Definitions

  1. (cooking) to pour hot oil or soup over
  2. to extinguish with water

Compounds

Pronunciation 3



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (14)
Final () (87)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʰet̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʰet̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sʰɛt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sʰɛt̚/
Li
Rong
/t͡sʰet̚/
Wang
Li
/t͡sʰiet̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡sʰiet̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qie
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 9909
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sʰiːd/

Definitions

  1. sound of splashing water

Vietnamese

Han character

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