偰

偰	U+5070, 偰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5070

Translingual edit

Han character edit

偰 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人手竹大 (OQHK), four-corner 2723₄, composition ⿰亻契)

References edit

Kangxi Dictionary: page 111, character 29
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 893
Dae Jaweon: page 238, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 186, character 7
Unihan data for U+5070

Chinese edit

trad.		偰
simp. ^#		偰

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 偰

**Small seal script**
s05677

**Transcribed ancient scripts**
L26616	L26617

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (丯) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
夆	pʰoŋ, boŋ, *ɡaːds
丯	*kreːds
瘛	kʰjeds, ɡeːds, *kʰjed
觢	*ɡjeds
契	kʰeːds, kʰeːd, kʰeːd, kʰɯd
栔	*kʰeːds
禊	*ɡeːds
稧	*ɡeːds
楔	kreːd, sqʰeːd
葜	*kʰreːd
猰	qreːd, kraːd, *kʰeːd
窫	*qreːd
揳	*sqʰeːd
偰	*sqʰeːd
潔	*keːd
絜	keːd, ɡeːd
鍥	keːd, kʰeːd
挈	*kʰeːd
蛪	*kʰeːd
齧	*ŋeːd
褉	*qʰeːd
喫	*ŋ̊ʰeːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sqʰeːd) : semantic 亻 + phonetic 契 (OC *kʰeːds, *kʰeːd, *kʰeːd, *kʰɯd).

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiè (xie⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sit³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiè
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siè
  - Wade–Giles: hsieh⁴
  - Yale: syè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieh
  - Palladius: се (se)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sit³
  - Yale: sit
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sit⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: xid³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːt̚³/

Middle Chinese: set

Rime
Character	偰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	先 (87)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	先結切
Baxter	set
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/set̚/
Pan Wuyun	/set̚/
Shao Rongfen	/sɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛt̚/
Li Rong	/set̚/
Wang Li	/siet̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/siet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xie
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sit³