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Translingual

Han character

(radical 195 +8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 弓火尸十水 (NFSJE), four-corner 27340)

  1. meagre, mean, stupid
  2. small fish

References

  • KangXi: page 1473, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46260
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2005, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4694, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+9BEB

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*ʔsloː, *ʔsru, *ʔslo
*ʔsloː, *sʰloːʔ, *sloːʔ, *ʔsru
*ʔsloː, *ʔsruʔ, *ʔslo
*ʔsloː, *ʔsru, *slos
*sʰloːʔ, *sʰlos
*sʰloːʔ, *sʰloʔ
*zloː, *zloːʔ, *sʰlo
*rlu, *rluʔ, *ʔsru
*ʔsru, *zloʔ, *ljoːnʔ
*ʔsru
*ʔsru, *sʰroːɡ
*ʔsru, *sʰros, *zloːn
*ʔsru
*ʔsru
*zrus
*zloːds
*sʰoːds, *sʰoːd
*zoːds
*sʰroːds
*ʔslo
*ʔslo
*sʰloʔ, *sʰlos, *slo
*zloʔ, *zlos
*zlos
*zloːŋ
*zloːŋ
*ʔsoːd
*ʔsoːd, *sʰoːd

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial () (14) (15) (20)
Final () (24) (137) (137)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Open Open
Division () III I I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʰɨo/ /d͡zəu/ /d͡ʒəuX/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʰio/ /d͡zəu/ /ɖ͡ʐəuX/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sʰio/ /d͡zəu/ /d͡ʒəuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sʰuə̆/ /d͡zəw/ /ɖ͡ʐəwX/
Li
Rong
/t͡sʰio/ /d͡zu/ /d͡ʒuX/
Wang
Li
/t͡sʰĭu/ /d͡zəu/ /d͡ʒəuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡sʰi̯u/ /d͡zʱə̯u/ /ɖ͡ʐʱə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
cóu zh-
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 10628 10629 10654
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*zloː/ /*zloːʔ/ /*sʰlo/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 鯫生

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. small fish
  2. small
  3. minnow

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(chu) (hangeul , revised chu, McCune-Reischauer ch'u, Yale chwu)

  1. small fish
  2. small
  3. minnow