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U+35CA, 㗊
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-35CA

CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 30, +9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口口口口 (RRRR), four-corner 66660, composition or )

  1. Shuowen Jiezi radical №45

Derived characters

References

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Quadruplication of .

Etymology

“clamour”
Four mouths (), indicating a great deal of talking or shouting

Pronunciation 1



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (18)
Final () (141)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter tsrip
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ʃiɪp̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʈ͡ʂip̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ʃjep̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʈ͡ʂip̚/
Li
Rong
/t͡ʃiəp̚/
Wang
Li
/t͡ʃĭĕp̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʈ͡ʂi̯əp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhe
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zap1

Definitions

  1. (obsolete) clamour; noise

Pronunciation 2


Definitions

  1. Ancient form of (léi, “thunder”).
  2. (obsolete) porphin
Usage notes
  • (porphin): () was formerly officially used in China as a name for porphin with the character being a pictographic representation of the chemical structure. It is now informal. The modern official term is 卟吩 (bǔfēn), a transliteration of English porphin.
See also
  • 卟吩 (bǔfēn, “porphin”)

References