秝

秝 U+79DD, 秝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-79DD ← 秜 [U+79DC] CJK Unified Ideographs 秞 → [U+79DE]

Translingual

Han character

秝 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹木竹木 (HDHD), four-corner 2299₄, composition ⿰禾禾)

1. (Cantonese) excessively thin

Descendants

• 厤

Derived characters

• 𥕆, 𥣸, 䔉, 𤳂, 𥠼, 𥡀, 𦼖, 𥢮, 𩄞, 𥣻, 𥣠, 𬓶, 𬓷, 𥢲, 𥢺, 𥣤, 厤, 𢊆, 𧛿, 𤻤, 𧆕

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 851, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24983
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2600, character 5
• Unihan data for U+79DD

Chinese

simp. and trad.		秝

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
秝	*reːɡ
歷	*reːɡ
曆	*reːɡ
磿	*reːɡ
靂	*reːɡ
癧	*reːɡ
櫪	*reːɡ
藶	*reːɡ
瀝	*reːɡ
攊	*reːɡ
厤	*reːɡ

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 禾 + 禾.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lì (li⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lì
    • Wade–Giles: li⁴
    • Yale: lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih
    • Palladius: ли (li)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lik⁶
    • Yale: lihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: lek

Rime
Character	秝
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	青 (127)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	郎擊切
Baxter	lek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/lek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/lɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/lek̚/
Wang Li	/liek̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/liek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lik6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*reːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	秝
Reading #	1/1
No.	7979
Phonetic component	秝
Rime group	錫
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	靂
Old Chinese	/*reːɡ/

Definitions

秝

1. (obsolete) sparse; thinly spread; few and scattered; few and far between

Japanese

Kanji

秝

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. to line up

Readings

• On (unclassified): れき (reki); りゃく (ryaku)
• Kun: ならぶ (narabu)