淅

淅 U+6DC5, 淅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DC5 ← 淄 [U+6DC4] CJK Unified Ideographs 淆 → [U+6DC6]

Translingual

Han character

淅 (radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水木竹中 (EDHL), four-corner 3212₁, composition ⿰氵析)

1. water used to wash rice
2. to wash rice

References

• KangXi: page 629, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17617
• Dae Jaweon: page 1031, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1642, character 7
• Unihan data for U+6DC5

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		淅

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
菥	*se, *seːɡ
蜤	*se
析	*seːɡ
皙	*seːɡ
蜥	*seːɡ
淅	*seːɡ
惁	*seːɡ
晰	*seːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *seːɡ): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 析 (OC *seːɡ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹
• Min Nan (POJ): sek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
    • Wade–Giles: hsi1
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
    • Tongyong Pinyin: si
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik¹
    • Yale: sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek
    • Tâi-lô: sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɪk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪk̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: /sek̚/

Rime
Character	淅
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	錫 (127)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	先擊切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/sek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/sɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/sek̚/
Wang Li	/siek̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/siek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xi

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*seːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	淅
Reading #	1/1
No.	13319
Phonetic component	析
Rime group	錫
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	錫
Old Chinese	/*seːɡ/

Definitions

淅

1. (formal) to wash rice
2. A surname​.

Synonyms

• 淘米 (táomǐ)

Usage notes

• Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian (《现代汉语规范词典》) specifically proscribes the substitution of '浙' with '淅'.

Compounds

• 接淅而行
• 洒淅
• 淅川 (Xīchuān)
• 淅河 (Xīhé)
• 淅淅 (xīxī)

• 淅淅瀝瀝／淅淅沥沥
• 淅淅颯颯／淅淅飒飒
• 淅瀝／淅沥 (xīlì)
• 淅留淅零
• 淅零淅留

• 淅零零
• 淅颯／淅飒
• 瀝瀝淅淅／沥沥淅淅
• 瀟瀟淅淅／潇潇淅淅

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Japanese

Kanji

淅

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せき (seki)
• Kun: よなぐ (yonagu); かしよね (kashiyone)

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Korean

Hanja

淅 (eum 석 (seok))

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Vietnamese

Han character

淅: Hán Nôm readings: tích

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Further reading

• Nom Foundation