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U+34B8, 㒸
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-34B8

CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 12, +7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 廿心竹人 (TPHO), composition )

Derived terms

References

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声) : semantic + phonetic (OC *hliʔ).

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to fulfill; to satisfy; to comply; to follow along; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Etymology 2

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (17)
Final () (16)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter zwijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ziuɪH/
Pan
Wuyun
/zʷiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/zjuɪH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/zwiH/
Li
Rong
/zuiH/
Wang
Li
/zwiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/zwiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
suì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
seoi6

Definitions

  1. (ancient form of ) a year, age, the harvest