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U+820C, 舌
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-820C

[U+820B]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+820D]
U+2F86, ⾆
KANGXI RADICAL TONGUE

[U+2F85]
Kangxi Radicals
[U+2F87]

Translingual edit

Stroke order
 
Stroke order
 

Alternative forms edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 135, +0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 竹十口 (HJR), four-corner 20604, composition (GJKV) or (HT))

  1. Kangxi radical #135, .
  2. Shuowen Jiezi radical №46

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1006, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30277
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1463, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2941, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+820C

Chinese edit

trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character
Shang Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
     

Pictogram (象形) – a forked tongue emerging upwards from a mouth ().

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/m-l(j)a-t (tongue); compare Western Magar मेलेट (melet, tongue), Jingpho shinglet (tongue) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2009). The reconstruction of a complex initial *m(ə)-l- in Old Chinese is based on evidence from the softened initial in Proto-Min as well as Proto-Hmong-Mien *mblet (tongue) (Schuessler, 2007; Baxter and Sagart, 2014).

Alternatively, Schuessler (2007), reconstructing the Old Chinese minimally as *m-lat, derives it from (OC *m-leʔ, “to lick”) + *-t (nominal suffix for natural objects), literally “licker”.

Pronunciation edit


Note:
  • chi̍h - vernacular;
  • sia̍t - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2
Initial () (27)
Final () (81)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter zyet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʑiᴇt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʑiɛt̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʑjæt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʑiat̚/
Li
Rong
/d͡ʑiɛt̚/
Wang
Li
/d͡ʑĭɛt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/d͡ʑʰi̯ɛt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shé
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sit6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shé
Middle
Chinese
‹ zyet ›
Old
Chinese
/*mə.lat/
English tongue

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
Reading # 2/2
No. 11220
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɦbljed/

Definitions edit

  1. (anatomy) tongue
  2. tongue-shaped object
  3. clapper of a bell
  4. (Hokkien, figurative) speech; speaking (used in certain expressions)
  5. a surname
Synonyms edit

Compounds edit

Descendants edit

  • Proto-Hmong-Mien: *mblet

Etymology 2 edit

Glyph origin edit

Definitions edit

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 𠯑 (“to block the mouth”).
(This character is a variant form of 𠯑).

References edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. tongue
  2. reed of a woodwind (musical instrument)
  3. clapper of a bell

Readings edit

Compounds edit

Etymology edit

Kanji in this term
した
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *sita.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(した) (shita

  1. tongue
    Synonym: べろ (bero)

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Chinese (MC zyet).

Recorded as Middle Korean 쎠ᇙ〮 (Yale: ssyelq) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.

Recorded as Middle Korean (sel) (Yale: sel) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation edit

Hanja edit

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun (hyeo seol))

  1. Hanja form? of (tongue).

Compounds edit

References edit

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [2]

Kunigami edit

Kanji edit

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(しちゃー) (shichā

  1. tongue

Miyako edit

Kanji edit

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(すだ) (suda

  1. tongue

Okinawan edit

Kanji edit

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(しちゃ) (shicha

  1. tongue

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Nôm readings: thiệt, thịt, thĩa, thễ, sễ

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Yaeyama edit

Kanji edit

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(しぃたー) (sïtā

  1. tongue

Yonaguni edit

Kanji edit

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(った) (tta

  1. tongue