溪

See also: 渓 and 谿

溪 U+6EAA, 溪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6EAA ← 溩 [U+6EA9] CJK Unified Ideographs 溫 → [U+6EAB]

Contents

Translingual

Han character

溪 (radical 85, 水+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水月女大 (EBVK), four-corner 3213₄, composition ⿰氵奚)

Derived characters

• 𤐓, 𪷶, 𬉝, 鸂(𭰥), 𬞥

References

• KangXi: page 640, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17967
• Dae Jaweon: page 1047, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1702, character 9
• Unihan data for U+6EAA

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		溪

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (奚) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
謑	*qʰraːs, *qʰreːs, *ɡeːʔ
膎	*ɡreː
鞵	*ɡreː
榽	*ɡreː, *ɡeː
鷄	*keː
雞	*keː
谿	*kʰeː
嵠	*kʰeː
溪	*kʰeː
磎	*kʰeː
螇	*kʰeː, *ɡeː
鸂	*kʰeː
奚	*ɡeː
豯	*ɡeː
徯	*ɡeː, *ɡeːʔ
蹊	*ɡeː
騱	*ɡeː
傒	*ɡeː
鼷	*ɡeː
蒵	*ɡeː, *ɡeːs
貕	*ɡeː
慀	*ɡeːs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kʰeː): semantic 氵 + phonetic 奚 (OC *ɡeː).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kai¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hâi
• Min Dong (BUC): kă̤
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): khoe / khe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): koi¹

• Wu (Wiktionary): qi (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
    • Wade–Giles: hsih¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kai¹
    • Yale: kāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kei¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hâi
    • Hakka Romanization System: hai´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hai¹
    • IPA: /ha̯i²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kă̤
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɛ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoe / khe
    • Tâi-lô: khue / khe
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoef, qef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰue⁴⁴/, /kʰe⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰue³³/, /kʰe³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰue⁴⁴/, /kʰe⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰue⁴⁴/, /kʰe⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰue⁴⁴/, /kʰe⁴⁴/

Note:

• khoe - vernacular (Quanzhou, Xiamen);
• khe/khoe - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: koi¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khoi
  • IPA ^(key): /kʰoi³³/

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: qi (T1)
  • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: /kʰei/▼

Rime
Character	溪
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	苦奚切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰei/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰei/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɛj/
Li Rong	/kʰei/
Wang Li	/kʰiei/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qī

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kʰˤe/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰeː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	溪
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xī
Middle Chinese	‹ khej ›
Old Chinese	/*kʰˁe/
English	valley with stream in it
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	溪
Reading #	1/1
No.	13360
Phonetic component	奚
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	谿
Old Chinese	/*kʰeː/
Notes	同谿

Definitions

溪

1. stream; creek; brook; rivulet; rill
2. (Min Dong) unsophisticated; gauche; stupid
3. (～母) (phonology) a Middle Chinese initial and the 'Phags-pa script letter ꡁ (kh-)

See also

• 川 (chuān)
• 河 (hé)
• 江 (jiāng)

Compounds

• 下淡水溪
• 九畹溪 (Jiǔwǎnxī)
• 八掌溪
• 剡溪
• 大安溪
• 大溪
• 大溪地 (Dàxīdì)
• 大甲溪
• 大肚溪
• 太平溪 (Tàipíngxī)
• 孟家溪 (Mèngjiāxī)
• 小溪塔 (Xiǎoxītǎ)
• 小溪河 (Xiǎoxīhé)
• 平溪
• 廣溪峽／广溪峡
• 新店溪
• 昂昂溪
• 曾文溪

• 杉林溪
• 栗溪 (Lìxī)
• 檀溪 (Tánxī)
• 沙鎮溪／沙镇溪 (Shāzhènxī)
• 浣紗溪／浣纱溪
• 浣花溪
• 淯溪 (Yùxī)
• 清溪
• 溪壑
• 溪客
• 溪步
• 溪流 (xīliú)
• 溪澗／溪涧 (xījiàn)
• 溪藤
• 溪谷
• 溪頭／溪头
• 溪鴨／溪鸭
• 漿溪店／浆溪店 (Jiāngxīdiàn)

• 濁水溪／浊水溪
• 濂溪
• 磨針溪／磨针溪
• 磻溪
• 礁溪鄉／礁溪乡
• 秀姑巒溪／秀姑峦溪
• 端溪
• 竹溪 (Zhúxī)
• 竹溪六逸
• 苕溪
• 若耶溪
• 蘭陽溪／兰阳溪
• 螺溪石硯／螺溪石砚
• 螺溪硯／螺溪砚
• 霅溪
• 馬躍檀溪／马跃檀溪
• 鱷溪／鳄溪

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Japanese

Shinjitai	渓
Kyūjitai	溪

Kanji

溪

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 渓)

1. valley

Readings

• On (unclassified): けい (kei)
• Kun: たに (tani, 溪)

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Korean

Hanja

溪 • (gye)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 계 (revised: gye, McCune–Reischauer: kye, Yale: kyey)
  • Name (hangeul): 시내

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Vietnamese

Han character

溪 (khe, khê)

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