僾

僾 U+50FE, 僾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50FE ← 僽 [U+50FD] CJK Unified Ideographs 僿 → [U+50FF]

Translingual

Han character

僾 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+13, 15 strokes, cangjie input 人月月水 (OBBE), four-corner 2224₇, composition ⿰亻愛)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 119, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1170
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 226, character 8
• Unihan data for U+50FE

Chinese

trad.		僾
simp.		𫣊

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 僾
Small seal script s05729
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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

	Old Chinese
愛	*qɯːds
曖	*qɯːds, *qaːds
僾	*qɯːds, *qɯlʔ
靉	*qɯːds, *qɯlʔ
薆	*qɯːds
璦	*qɯːds
瞹	*qaːds

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ài (ai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): oi² / oi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ài
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ài
    • Wade–Giles: ai⁴
    • Yale: ài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ay
    • Palladius: ай (aj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: oi² / oi³
    • Yale: ói / oi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: oi² / oi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: oi² / oi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːi̯³⁵/, /ɔːi̯³³/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

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• Middle Chinese: 'j+jX, 'ojH

Rime
Character	僾	僾
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	微 (20)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	於豈切	烏代切
Baxter	'j+jX	'ojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨiX/	/ʔʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɨiX/	/ʔəiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiəiX/	/ʔɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɨjX/	/ʔəjH/
Li Rong	/ʔiəiX/	/ʔᴀiH/
Wang Li	/ĭəiX/	/ɒiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔe̯iX/	/ʔɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǐ	ài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji2	oi3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qˤəp-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qɯːds/, /*qɯlʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	僾
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	ài
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔojH ›
Old Chinese	/*qˁəp-s/
English	to pant, lose the breath
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	僾	僾
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	3	9
Phonetic component	愛	愛
Rime group	隊	微
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	愛	扆
Old Chinese	/*qɯːds/	/*qɯlʔ/

Definitions

僾

1. (literary) like; seem; appear to be
2. (literary) breathing with difficulty

Compounds

• 僾尼／𫣊尼 (àiní)
• 僾然／𫣊然
• 唈僾／唈𫣊

 

Japanese

Kanji

僾

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): あい (ai)
• Kun: ほのか (honoka)、かくれる (kakureru)、むせぶ (musebu)、かなしむ (kanashimu)

Korean

Hanja

僾 • (ae) (hangeul 애, revised ae, McCune–Reischauer ae)

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