㗊

See also: 品

㗊 U+35CA, 㗊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-35CA ← 㗉 [U+35C9] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 㗋 → [U+35CB]

Translingual

Han character

㗊 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口口口口 (RRRR), four-corner 6666₀, composition ⿱吅吅 or ⿰吕吕)

1. Shuowen Jiezi radical №45

Derived characters

• 𪋦, 𣤽, 器(器), 𡄛, 𭋾, 𡅱, 𡅻, 𡂨, 嚻, 𡅽, 𠥡, 噩, 𭅫, 𡈨

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 200, character 21
• Unihan data for U+35CA

Chinese

simp. and trad.		㗊

Glyph origin

“clamour”

Four mouths (口), indicating a great deal of talking or shouting

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jí (ji²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jí
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jí
    • Wade–Giles: chi²
    • Yale: jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyi
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsrip

Rime
Character	㗊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	莊 (18)
Final (韻)	侵 (141)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	阻力切
Baxter	tsrip
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃiɪp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂip̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃjep̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂip̚/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃiəp̚/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃĭĕp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂi̯əp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhe
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zap1

Definitions

㗊

1. (obsolete) clamour; noise

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): léi (lei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: léi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: léi
    • Wade–Giles: lei²
    • Yale: léi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lei
    • Palladius: лэй (lɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leoi⁴
    • Yale: lèuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯²¹/

Definitions

㗊

1. ^‡ Ancient form of 雷 (léi, “thunder”).
2. (obsolete) porphin

Usage notes

• (porphin): 㗊 (jí) was formerly officially used in China as a name for porphin with the character being a pictographic representation of the chemical structure. It is now informal. The modern official term is 卟吩 (bǔfēn), a transliteration of English porphin.

See also

• 卟吩 (bǔfēn, “porphin”)

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C01321