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脆

脆 U+8106, 脆
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8106
← 脅
[U+8105] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 脇 →
[U+8107]

Translingual

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Han character

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脆 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月弓一山 (BNMU), four-corner 77212, composition ⿰⺼危)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 982, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29468
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1434, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2069, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+8106

Chinese

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trad. 脆
simp. # 脆
alternative forms 脃／脆
膬
脺
毳

Glyph origin

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Characters in the same phonetic series (絕) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
蕝 *ʔsods, *ʔsod
脃 *sʰods
脆 *sʰods
絕 *zod

Originally 脃. Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰods) : semantic ⺼ (“meat”) + abbreviated phonetic 絕 (OC *zod).

“Threads”
Phono-semantic matching from English.

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • chhùi - literary;
  • chhèr/chhè - vernacular.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 脆
Mandarin Beijing /t͡sʰuei⁵¹/
Harbin /t͡sʰuei⁵³/
Tianjin /t͡sʰuei⁵³/
Jinan /t͡sʰuei²¹/
Qingdao /ʈ͡ʂʰue⁴²/
Zhengzhou /t͡sʰuei³¹²/
Xi'an /t͡sʰuei⁴⁴/
Xining /t͡sʰuɨ²¹³/
Yinchuan /t͡sʰuei⁵³/ 易折損
/t͡sʰuei¹³/ 清～
Lanzhou /t͡sʰuei¹³/
Ürümqi /t͡sʰuei²¹³/
Wuhan /t͡sʰei³⁵/
Chengdu /t͡sʰuei¹³/
Guiyang /t͡sʰuei²¹³/
Kunming /t͡sʰuei²¹²/
Nanjing /t͡sʰuəi⁴⁴/
Hefei /t͡sʰe⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡sʰuei⁴⁵/
Pingyao /t͡sʰuei³⁵/
Hohhot /t͡sʰuei⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /t͡sʰe³⁵/
Suzhou /t͡sʰe̞⁵¹³/
Hangzhou /t͡sʰz̩ʷei⁴⁴⁵/
Wenzhou /t͡sʰai³⁵/
Hui Shexian /t͡ɕʰye³²⁴/
/t͡ɕʰy³²⁴/
Tunxi /t͡sʰe⁴²/
Xiang Changsha /t͡sʰei⁵⁵/
Xiangtan /t͡sʰəi⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /t͡sʰui²¹³/
Hakka Meixian /t͡sʰoi⁵³/
Taoyuan
Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sʰøy³³/
Nanning /t͡sʰui³³/
Hong Kong /t͡sʰøy³³/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /t͡sʰui²¹/
/t͡sʰe²¹/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /t͡sʰuɔi²¹²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /t͡sʰo³³/
Shantou (Teochew) /t͡sʰui⁵³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /sui³⁵/
/se³⁵/
Rime
Character 脆
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 清 (14)
Final (韻) 祭 (36)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 此芮切
Baxter tshjwejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡sʰiuᴇiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡sʰʷiɛiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡sʰiuæiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡sʰwiajH/
Li
Rong 		/t͡sʰiuɛiH/
Wang
Li 		/t͡sʰĭwɛiH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/t͡sʰi̯wɛiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		cuì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ceoi3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 脆
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		cuì
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tshjwejH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[tsʰ]o[t]-s/
English brittle

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 脆
Reading # 1/1
No. 7250
Phonetic
component 		絕
Rime
group 		祭
Rime
subdivision 		3
Corresponding
MC rime 		毳
Old
Chinese 		/*sʰods/
Notes 俗脃字見老子今本（範本作脃）

Definitions

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脆

  1. brittle; fragile
  2. (of food) crisp; crispy
    脆皮燒肉／脆皮烧肉  ―  cuì pí shāoròu  ―  siu yuk with crispy skin
  3. (of voices) clear; crisp
    清脆  ―  qīngcuì  ―  clear and crisp
  4. (of speech or action) neat; quick; concise
  5. (Taiwan, neologism, slang) Threads (a social media platform under Meta Platforms)

Synonyms

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  • (crisp):
Dialectal synonyms of 脆 (“crispy”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 脆
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 脆
Singapore 脆
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 脆, 酥
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 脆
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 脆, 酥
Wanrong 脆, 酥
Xi'an 脆, 酥
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 脆
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 酥
Cantonese Guangzhou 脆, 酥, 爽, 爽脆
Hong Kong 脆, 酥, 爽, 爽脆
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 脆
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 脆
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 脆
Dongguan 爽
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 脆
Gan Nanchang 脆, 酥
Pingxiang 酥
Hakka Meixian 脆
Hong Kong 酥
Senai (Huiyang) 鬆, 酥
Huizhou Jixi 酥
Eastern Min Fuzhou 酥, 脆
Southern Min Xiamen 酥
Quanzhou 酥
Zhangzhou 酥
Taipei 酥 GT
Singapore (Hokkien) 酥
Manila (Hokkien) 脆, 酥
Chaozhou 酥
Shantou 酥, 脆
Jieyang 酥
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 酥
Haikou 酥
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 脆
Wu Shanghai 脆
Shanghai (Chongming) 脆
Suzhou 脆
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)
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Antonyms

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  • (antonym(s) of “fragile”): 韌／韧 (rèn)

Compounds

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Kanji

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脆

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. brittle
  2. fragile
  3. easy to beat
  4. sentimental
  5. susceptible

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Compounds

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Etymology

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From Middle Chinese 脆 (MC tshjwejH).

Pronunciation

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Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

脆 (eumhun 연(軟)할 취 (yeonhal chwi))

  1. crisp
  2. fragile, frail
  3. brittle

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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脆: Hán Nôm readings: thúy/thuý

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