佘

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See also: 余
佘 U+4F58, 佘
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F58
← 佗
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 余 →

Translingual

Han character

佘 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人一一火 (OMMF), four-corner 80901, composition ⿱人示)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 99, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 514
  • Dae Jaweon: page 208, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 128, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+4F58

Chinese

trad. 佘
simp. # 佘
alternative forms 余
𦯬

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (余) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
斜 *lja, *laː
茶 *rlaː
荼 *rlaː, *ɦlja, *l'aː
梌 *rlaː, *l̥ʰaː, *l'aː
搽 *rlaː
塗 *rlaː, *l'aː
佘 *ɦlja
賒 *hljaː
畬 *hljaː, *la
舍 *hljaːʔ, *hljaːs
捨 *hljaːʔ
騇 *hljaːʔ, *hljaːs
涻 *hljaːs
稌 *l̥ʰaː, *l̥ʰaːʔ
悇 *l̥ʰaː, *l̥ʰas, *las
庩 *l̥ʰaː
捈 *l̥ʰaː, *l'aː
途 *l'aː
酴 *l'aː
駼 *l'aː
鵌 *l'aː, *la
涂 *l'aː, *l'a
嵞 *l'aː
峹 *l'aː
筡 *l'aː, *l̥ʰa
蒤 *l'aː
徐 *lja
俆 *lja
敘 *ljaʔ
漵 *ljaʔ
除 *l'a, *l'as
篨 *rla
滁 *rla
蒢 *rla
蜍 *ɦlja, *la
鵨 *hljaː
瑹 *hlja
余 *la
餘 *la
艅 *la
狳 *la
雓 *la
悆 *las

Derived from 余 (yú) and 舍 (shè). The character was differentiated from these two characters around the time of the Han dynasty, possibly a Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɦlja) : semantic 人 (“person”) + phonetic 示 (OC *ɡle, *ɢljils).

Etymology

From 余. (Kangxi Dictionary).

Pronunciation

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 佘
Reading # 1/1
No. 15752
Phonetic
component 		余
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		闍
Old
Chinese 		/*ɦlja/
Notes 餘晚起分化字，
集韻已作或體

Definitions

佘

  1. a surname
    佘賽花／佘赛花  ―  Shé Sàihuā  ―  She Saihua (a legendary heroine from ancient China's Northern Song Dynasty)

Descendants

  • → English: She, Sheh, Seah

Japanese

Kanji

佘

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): しゃ (sha); じゃ (ja)

Korean

Hanja

佘 (eum 사 (sa))

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Vietnamese

Han character

佘: Hán Nôm readings: xa

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References

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