U+9AED, 髭
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9AED

[U+9AEC]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9AEE]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 190, +5, 15 strokes, cangjie input 尸竹卜一心 (SHYMP), four-corner 72111, composition )

  1. mustache
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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1453, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45399
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1984, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4524, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+9AED

Chinese

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alternative forms

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
       

Originally a pictogram (象形) depicting a man with a prominent mustache.

Later written or , a phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ʔse) : semantic (beard) + phonetic (OC *sʰeʔ), where is the original form of .

In the modern form, a phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ʔse) : semantic (hair) + phonetic (OC *sʰeʔ).

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (13)
Final () (11)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter tsje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡siᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡siɛ/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sjɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡siə̆/
Li
Rong
/t͡sie/
Wang
Li
/t͡sǐe/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡sie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zi1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 1703
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ʔse/
Notes

Definitions

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  1. moustache

Compounds

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References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. mustache

Readings

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  • Go-on: (shi)
  • Kan-on: (shi)
  • Kun: ひげ (hige, )

Etymology

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Kanji in this term
ひげ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
ひげ
[noun] (broadly) facial hair on the upper lip region, the chin, and the cheeks
[noun] : mustache
[noun] (figurative) whiskers (of animals)
[noun] (figurative) antennae (of insects)
[noun] (figurative) corn silk
Alternative spellings
,
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Derived terms

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Korean

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Hanja

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