癡

See also: 痴

癡 U+7661, 癡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7661 ← 癠 [U+7660] CJK Unified Ideographs 癢 → [U+7662]

Translingual

Han character

癡 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+14, 19 strokes, cangjie input 大心大人 (KPKO), four-corner 0018₁, composition ⿸疒疑)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 782, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22591
• Dae Jaweon: page 1191, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2702, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7661

Chinese

trad.		癡/痴
simp.		痴

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
礙	*ŋɯːs
儗	*ŋɯːs, *hŋɯːs, *ŋɯʔ, *ŋɯs
懝	*ŋɯːs, *ŋɯɡ
譺	*ŋrɯːs, *ŋɯʔ, *ŋɯs
癡	*ŋ̊ʰl'ɯ
疑	*ŋɯ
嶷	*ŋɯ, *ŋɯɡ
觺	*ŋɯ
擬	*ŋɯʔ
薿	*ŋɯʔ, *ŋɯɡ
凝	*ŋrɯŋ, *ŋrɯŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋ̊ʰl'ɯ) : semantic 疒 + phonetic 疑 (OC *ŋɯ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chī (chi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chī
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chih
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹
    • Yale: chr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy
    • Palladius: чи (či)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci¹
    • Yale: chī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: trhi

Rime
Character	癡
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	丑之切
Baxter	trhi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰɨ/
Li Rong	/ȶʰiə/
Wang Li	/ȶʰĭə/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶʰi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ci1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋ̊ʰl'ɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	癡
Reading #	1/1
No.	14893
Phonetic component	疑
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	癡
Old Chinese	/*ŋ̊ʰl'ɯ/

Definitions

癡

1. Alternative form of 痴 (chī)

Japanese

Shinjitai	痴
Kyūjitai	癡

Kanji

癡

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 痴)

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Readings

• Go-on: ち (chi)
• Kan-on: ち (chi)
• Kun: おろか (oroka)

Korean

Hanja

癡 • (chi) (hangeul 치, revised chi, McCune–Reischauer ch'i, Yale chi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

癡 (si, ngây)

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