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Translingual

Han character

(radical 164 +11, 18 strokes, cangjie input 尸水一金田 (SEMCW), four-corner 77601, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 1287, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40006
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1787, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3595, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+91AB

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Large seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*qiː
*qiː, *qiːs
*qiː
*qiː
*qiː, *qiːs
*qiːs
*qiːs
*qiːs
*qiːs
*qiːs
*ɢʷis
*qɯ
*qɯ
*qiːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qɯ) : phonetic  (OC *qiːs) + semantic  (liquor).

Alternatively, as an ideogrammic compound (會意) :  (to groan) +  (liquor) – using liquor to treat a groaning patient.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (34)
Final () (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔɨ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔɨ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔie/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔɨ/
Li
Rong
/ʔiə/
Wang
Li
/ĭə/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 15058
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qɯ/

Definitions

  1. medicinal; medicine
  2. doctor
  3. to cure; to treat

Compounds


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(ui) (hangeul , McCune-Reischauer ŭi, Yale uy)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(y)

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Compounds