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溪

See also: 渓 and 谿
溪 U+6EAA, 溪
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6EAA
← 溩
[U+6EA9] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 溫 →
[U+6EAB]

TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

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

Derived charactersEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • 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

ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.
 溪

Glyph originEdit

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).

EtymologyEdit

Compare Proto-Hmong-Mien *gle, whence Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao tl̥e (“river”) (Schuessler, 2007)

PronunciationEdit

Note:
  • Xiamen, Quanzhou:
    • khoe - vernacular;
    • khe - literary.
  • (Teochew)
  • Wu
    • 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
    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

    DefinitionsEdit

    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 alsoEdit

    CompoundsEdit

    Derived terms from 溪

    JapaneseEdit

    Shinjitai

    		渓

    Kyūjitai

    		溪

    KanjiEdit

    溪

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

    1. valley

    ReadingsEdit

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

    KoreanEdit

    HanjaEdit

    溪 • (gye)

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

    Han characterEdit

    溪 (khe, khê)

    1. Creek or stream
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