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Translingual

Han character

(radical 176 +14, 23 strokes, cangjie input 一大一田中 (MKMWL), four-corner 71601)

References

  • KangXi: page 1384, character 44
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42698
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1899, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4402, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+9768

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*qem, *qems
*qem
*qem, *qems
*qem, *qems, *qeb
*qemʔ, *qems, *qeb
*qemʔ
檿 *qemʔ
*qemʔ, *qeb
*qemʔ
*qemʔ, *qeb
*qreːb
*qeb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qeb) : phonetic  (OC *qemʔ, *qems, *qeb) + semantic  (face).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (34)
Final () (155)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔiᴇp̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔiɛp̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔjæp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔiap̚/
Li
Rong
/ʔiɛp̚/
Wang
Li
/ĭɛp̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔi̯ɛp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ye
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 14432
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qeb/

Noun

  1. (archaic) dimple (of the face)

Synonyms


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

Noun

(hiragana えくぼ, romaji ekubo)

  1. dimple
    痘痕 (あばた) (えくぼ)
    abata mo ekubo
    love is blind (when in love) even pockmarks are dimples

Alternative forms


Korean

Hanja

(yeop) (hangeul , revised yeop, McCune-Reischauer yŏp, Yale yep)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(yếp, diệp)

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