巸

巸 U+5DF8, 巸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5DF8 ← 巷 [U+5DF7] CJK Unified Ideographs 巹 → [U+5DF9]

Translingual

Han character

巸 (Kangxi radical 49, 己+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 尸中口山 (SLRU), composition ⿰𦣞巳(GT) or ⿰𦣝巳(JK))

1. (archaic) wide chin
2. grow

Derived characters

• 𩝮, 𬦘, 𫿉, 媐, 𢞍, 𤌇, 熙

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 327, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8757
• Dae Jaweon: page 631, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 986, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5DF8

Chinese

simp. and trad.		巸

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
巳	*ljɯʔ, *lɯs
祀	*ljɯʔ
汜	*ljɯʔ
戺	*zrɯʔ
起	*kʰɯʔ
熙	*qʰlɯ
媐	*qʰlɯ, *lɯ
圯	*lɯ
异	*lɯ, *lɯs
巸	*lɯ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *lɯ) : semantic 𦣞 (“chin”) + phonetic 巳 (OC *ljɯʔ, *lɯs). 𦣞 may also act as a phonetic component.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yí (yi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yí
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yí
    • Wade–Giles: i²
    • Yale: yí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yi
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁴
    • Yale: yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: yi

Rime
Character	巸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	與之切
Baxter	yi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/jɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/ie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨ/
Li Rong	/iə/
Wang Li	/jĭə/
Bernard Karlgren	/i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*lɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	巸
Reading #	1/1
No.	12016
Phonetic component	巳
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	飴
Old Chinese	/*lɯ/

Definitions

巸

1. large chin
2. to grow
3. beautiful; charming

References

• (Cantonese) Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 2), p. 102

Japanese

Kanji

巸

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. hiroi ago: broad chin (archaic)
2. ōkii: big

Readings

• On (unclassified): い (i); き (ki)
• Kun: ひろいあご(hiroiago) (hiroiago (hiroi ago)); おおきい (ōkī)
• Nanori: ひろし (hiroshi)