縊

See also: 缢

縊 U+7E0A, 縊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E0A ← 縉 [U+7E09] CJK Unified Ideographs 縋 → [U+7E0B]

Translingual

Han character

縊 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 女火廿金廿 (VFTCT), four-corner 2891₇, composition ⿰糹益)

References

• KangXi: page 933, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27738
• Dae Jaweon: page 1372, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3439, character 8
• Unihan data for U+7E0A

Chinese

trad.		縊
simp.		缢
alternative forms		螠
螠: especially in 縊女 “pupa”

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
隘	*qreːɡs
賹	*qreːɡs
搤	*qreːɡs, *qreːɡ
縊	*qleːɡs, *qleɡs
螠	*qleɡs
謚	*ɢliɡs, *qleɡ
諡	*ɢliɡs
蠲	*kʷliːŋ
溢	*liɡ
鎰	*liɡ
齸	*lig, *qleg
貖	*qreːɡ
益	*qleɡ
嗌	*qleɡ
膉	*qleɡ
鷁	*ŋɡleːɡ
艗	*ŋɡleːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qleːɡs, *qleɡs): semantic 糸 + phonetic 益 (OC *qleɡ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ai³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): it

  (Meixian, Guangdong): yid⁵

• Min Dong (BUC): ié
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): è

  (Teochew, Peng'im): êg⁴

• Wu (Wiktionary): ⁴iq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yì
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴
    • Yale: yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ai³
    • Yale: ai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐi̯³³/

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

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: it
    • Hakka Romanization System: id`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: id⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /it̚²/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /it̚¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ié
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɛ²¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: è
    • Tâi-lô: è
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ex
    • IPA (Xiamen): /e²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /e⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /e²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /e¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /e²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: êg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ek̚²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: ⁴iq
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i̯ɪʔ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔiᴇH/, /ʔeiH/

Rime
Character	縊	縊
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	支 (11)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	於賜切	於計切
Baxter	'jieH	'ejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔiᴇH/	/ʔeiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiɛH/	/ʔeiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔjɛH/	/ʔɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔiə̆H/	/ʔɛjH/
Li Rong	/ʔieH/	/ʔeiH/
Wang Li	/ǐeH/	/ieiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔie̯H/	/ʔieiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yì	yì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji3	jai3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qˤ[i]k-s/, /*q[i]k-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qleːɡs/, /*qleɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	縊	縊
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yì	yì
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔejH ›	‹ ʔjieH ›
Old Chinese	/*qˁ[i]k-s/	/*q[i]k-s/
English	strangle	strangle
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	縊	縊
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	15070	15071
Phonetic component	益	益
Rime group	賜	賜
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	翳	縊
Old Chinese	/*qleːɡs/	/*qleɡs/

Definitions

縊

1. to hang; to strangle (to death)

Compounds

• 絞縊／绞缢 (jiǎoyì)
• 縊女／缢女 (yìnǚ)

• 縊死／缢死 (yìsǐ)
• 縊蟶／缢蛏 (yìchēng)

• 縊頸／缢颈 (yìjǐng)
• 自縊／自缢 (zìyì)

References

• “縊”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

縊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. strangle

Readings

• Go-on: い (i), あい (ai)
• Kan-on: い (i), えい (ei)
• Kun: くびる (kubiru), くびれる (kubireru)

See also

• 縊(くく)る (kukuru)
• 縊(くび)る (kubiru)
• 縊(くびれ)る (kubireru)
• 縊(わな)く (wanaku)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
縊
い Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 縊 (MC ʔiᴇH, ʔeiH).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [i]

Affix

縊(い) • (i) 

1. hang; strangle

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 縊(い)刑(けい) (ikei)
• 縊(い)痕(こん) (ikon)
• 縊(い)殺(さつ) (isatsu): strangling to death
• 縊(い)死(し) (ishi)
• 縊(い)首(しゅ) (ishu)

Korean

Hanja

縊 • (aek, ui) (hangeul 액, 의, revised aek, ui, McCune–Reischauer aek, ŭi, Yale ayk, uy)

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Vietnamese

Han character

縊: Hán Nôm readings: ải

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