攺

攺 U+653A, 攺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-653A ← 改 [U+6539] CJK Unified Ideographs 攻 → [U+653B]

Translingual

Han character

攺 (Kangxi radical 66, 攴+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口山人大 (RUOK), composition ⿰巳攵)

Derived characters

• 𢚓, 𭦖

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 468, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13115
• Dae Jaweon: page 817, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1450, character 2
• Unihan data for U+653A

Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		攺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐ (yi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐ
    • Wade–Giles: i³
    • Yale: yǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yii
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁵
    • Yale: yíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: yiX

Rime
Character	攺
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	羊己切
Baxter	yiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/jɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/ieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨX/
Li Rong	/iəX/
Wang Li	/jĭəX/
Bernard Karlgren	/iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji5

Definitions

攺

1. a protective amulet worn at belt in order to drive off ghosts and demons.

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		攺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sì (si⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sì
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìh
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴
    • Yale: sz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syh
    • Palladius: сы (sy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ziX

Rime
Character	攺
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	詳里切
Baxter	ziX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/zɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/zɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/zieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zɨX/
Li Rong	/ziəX/
Wang Li	/zĭəX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ziX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi6

Definitions

攺

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Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 攺 – see 改 (“to change; to transform; to alter; to modify; to correct; to improve; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 改).

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C04555
• (Cantonese) Jyutping Database (粵拼資料庫)

Japanese

Kanji

攺

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): い (i); し (shi); じ (ji)