洫

洫 U+6D2B, 洫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6D2B ← 洪 [U+6D2A] CJK Unified Ideographs 洬 → [U+6D2C]

Translingual

Han character

洫 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 水竹月廿 (EHBT), four-corner 3711₀, composition ⿰氵血)

1. to ditch
2. a moat

Derived characters

• 𠸡, 𨵨

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 621, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17403
• Dae Jaweon: page 1018, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1611, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6D2B

Chinese

simp. and trad.		洫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xù (xu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syù
    • Wade–Giles: hsü⁴
    • Yale: syù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuh
    • Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwik¹
    • Yale: gwīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: guig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɪk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xwik

Rime
Character	洫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	蒸 (135)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	況逼切
Baxter	xwik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hwɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xiuek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwik̚/
Li Rong	/xiuək̚/
Wang Li	/xĭwək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi̯wək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hik1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m̥(r)ik/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷɯɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	洫
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xù
Middle Chinese	‹ xwik ›
Old Chinese	/*m̥(r)ik/
English	channel; moat
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	洫
Reading #	1/1
No.	14103
Phonetic component	血
Rime group	職
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	洫
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷɯɡ/

Definitions

洫

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Japanese

Kanji

洫

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: こく (koku)
• Kan-on: きょく (kyoku)^{←きよく (kyoku, historical)←くゐよく (kwyoku, ancient)}
• Kun: みぞ (mizo, 洫)

Korean

Hanja

洫 (eum 혁 (hyeok))

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Vietnamese

Han character

洫: Hán Nôm readings: hức

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References

• Nom Foundation

Zhuang

Noun

洫

1. Sawndip form of lwed (“blood”)