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細

See also: 细
細 U+7D30, 細
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D30
← 累
[U+7D2F] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 紱 →
[U+7D31]

TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

細 (radical 120, 糸+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女火田 (VFW), four-corner 26900, composition ⿰糸田)

ReferencesEdit

  • KangXi: page 919, character 36
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27344
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1351, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3380, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+7D30

ChineseEdit

trad. 細
simp. 细

Glyph originEdit

Historical forms of the character 細
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
   
Characters in the same phonetic series (囟) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
崽 *ʔslɯːʔ, *srɯː, *srɯː
偲 *sn̥ʰɯː, *snɯ
腮 *snɯː
鰓 *snɯː
揌 *snɯː
顋 *snɯː
愢 *snɯː
毢 *snɯː
諰 *srɯː, *snɯʔ
細 *snɯːls
思 *snɯ, *snɯs
緦 *snɯ
罳 *snɯ
禗 *snɯ
楒 *snɯ
葸 *snɯʔ
恖 *snɯ
颸 *sʰrɯ
囟 *snɯns
顖 *sniŋs
毸 *snɯː

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *snɯːls): semantic 糸 + phonetic 囟 (OC *snɯns).

PronunciationEdit

Note:
  • Xiamen, Quanzhou:
    • sòe - vernacular;
    • sè - literary.
  • (Teochew)
  • Wu
    • Rime
    Character 細
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 心 (16)
    Final (韻) 齊 (39)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) IV
    Fanqie 蘇計切
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/seiH/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/seiH/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/sɛiH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/sɛjH/
    Li
    Rong         		/seiH/
    Wang
    Li         		/sieiH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/sieiH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		xì
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 細
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		xì
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ sejH ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*[s]ˁe(k)-s/
    English small, minute

    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 細
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 13834
    Phonetic
    component         		囟
    Rime
    group         		微
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		細
    Old
    Chinese         		/*snɯːls/

    DefinitionsEdit

    細

    1. (literary, Cantonese, Hakka, Min) small; tiny; little
      點解會咁細嘅？ [Cantonese, trad.]
      点解会咁细嘅？ [Cantonese, simp.]
      Dim2 gaai2 wui5 gam3 sai3 ge2? [Jyutping]
      Why is it so small?
    2. (literary, Cantonese, Hakka, Min) young; little
      你仲細咩！ / 你仲细咩！ [Cantonese]  ―  Nei5 zung6 sai3 me1! [Jyutping]  ―  [Do you think that] you're still a child?
    3. fine; delicate
      細沙 / 细沙  ―  xì shā  ―  fine sand
    4. thin; slender
      細線 / 细线  ―  xì xiàn  ―  thin string
    5. (of one's voice) soft
    6. frugal; sparing
    7. slowly; carefully; thoroughly; detailedly
      細看 / 细看  ―  xìkàn  ―  to carefully examine
    8. (Hokkien) concubine

    SynonymsEdit

    Dialectal synonyms of 小 (“small”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 小
    Mandarin Beijing 小
    Taiwan 小
    Tianjin 小
    Jinan 小
    Xi'an 小, 碎
    Wuhan 小
    Chengdu 小
    Yangzhou 小
    Hefei 小
    Cantonese Guangzhou 細
    Hong Kong 細
    Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 細
    Macau 細
    Panyu 細
    Huadu (Huashan) 細
    Conghua 細
    Zengcheng 細
    Foshan 細
    Nanhai (Shatou) 細
    Shunde 細
    Sanshui 細
    Gaoming (Mingcheng) 細
    Zhongshan (Shiqi) 細
    Zhuhai (Qianshan) 細
    Doumen (Shangheng Tanka) 細
    Doumen 細
    Jiangmen (Baisha) 細
    Xinhui 細
    Taishan 細
    Kaiping (Chikan) 細
    Enping (Niujiang) 細
    Heshan (Yayao) 細
    Dongguan 細
    Bao'an (Shajing) 細
    Yangjiang 細
    Gan Nanchang 細, 小
    Hakka Meixian 細
    Xingning 細
    Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 細
    Huidong (Daling) 細
    Dongguan (Qingxi) 細
    Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 細
    Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 小
    Qujiang 細
    Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 細
    Conghua (Lütian) 細
    Changting 細
    Pingyu 細
    Wuping 細
    Liancheng 細
    Ninghua 小
    Ruijin 細
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 細
    Liudui (S. Sixian) 細
    Hsinchu (Hailu) 細
    Dongshi (Dabu) 細
    Hsinchu (Raoping) 細
    Yunlin (Zhao'an) 細
    Jin Taiyuan 小
    Min Bei Jian'ou 小
    Min Dong Fuzhou 嫩, 細
    Min Nan Xiamen 細
    Quanzhou 細
    Zhangzhou 細
    Taipei 小, 細
    Kaohsiung 小, 細
    Tainan 小, 細
    Taichung 小, 細
    Hsinchu 小, 細
    Lukang 小, 細
    Sanxia 小, 細
    Yilan 小, 細
    Kinmen 小
    Magong 小
    Penang 細
    Singapore 細
    Philippines (Manila) 細
    Chaozhou 細
    Shantou 細
    Haifeng 細
    Haikou 細, 孧
    Leizhou 細
    Wu Shanghai 小
    Suzhou 小
    Wenzhou 小, 瑣
    Xiang Changsha 細, 小
    Shuangfeng 細

    AntonymsEdit

    • (small): 大 (dà, “large”)
    • (young): 大 (dà, “grown up”)
    • (fine): 粗 (cū, “coarse”)

    CompoundsEdit

    Derived terms from 細

    JapaneseEdit

    KanjiEdit

    細

    (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    1. thin, fine
    2. slender

    ReadingsEdit

    CompoundsEdit

    KoreanEdit

    HanjaEdit

    細 • (se) (hangeul 세, revised se, McCune–Reischauer se, Yale sye)

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    VietnameseEdit

    Han characterEdit

    細 (tế, tới, té, tí, tỉ)

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