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Translingual
Han character
兕 (Kangxi radical 10, 儿+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 尸尸山山 (SSUU) or 尸山竹山 (SUHU), four-corner 77217, composition ⿱凹儿)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 125, character 7
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1369
- Dae Jaweon: page 265, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 270, character 3
- Unihan data for U+5155
Chinese
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 兕
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Transcribed ancient scripts
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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).
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Pictogram (象形) .
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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兕
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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sì
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Middle Chinese
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‹ zijX ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ijʔ/
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English
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rhinoceros (or water buffalo?)
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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兕
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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12057
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Phonetic component
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兕
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Rime group
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脂
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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兕
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Old Chinese
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/*ljiʔ/
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Definitions
兕
- a kind of bovine-like animal; traditionally often thought of as a female rhinoceros (Bencao Gangmu), modern research suggests it probably originally referred to wild water buffalo (Schuessler 2007).
丙子卜:王獲。允獲兕一。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
丙子卜:王获。允获兕一。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Oracle bone from the reign of Wu Ding, thirteenth century B.C.E., quoted and translated in Working for His Majesty: Research Notes on Labor Mobilization in Late Shang China (ca. 1200–1045 B.C.) by David N. Keightley
- Bǐngzǐ bǔ: wáng huò. Yǔn huò sì yī.
- Crack-making on bingzi : "His Majesty will catch ." He really did catch wild buffalo, one.
虎兕出於柙,龜玉毀於櫝中,是誰之過與? [Classical Chinese, trad.]
虎兕出于柙,龟玉毁于椟中,是谁之过与? [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Hǔ sì chū yú xiá, guī yù huǐ yú dúzhōng, shì shéi zhī guò yǔ?
- When a tiger or rhinoceros escapes from his cage; when a tortoise or piece of jade is injured in its repository - whose is the fault?
不然,巴浦之犀、犛、兕、象,其可盡乎,其又以規為瑱也? [Classical Chinese, trad.]
不然,巴浦之犀、牦、兕、象,其可尽乎,其又以规为瑱也? [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Guoyu, circa 4th century BCE
- Bùrán, Bā Pǔ zhī xī, máo/lí, sì, xiàng, qí kě jìn hū, qí yòu yǐ guī wéi tiàn yě?
- Otherwise, it is because rhinoceros, yaks, wild bovids and elephants in Ba and Pu have become extinct, and for this reason you use my recommendations as earplugs (which are made from the bones of these exotic animals)?
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
兕
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
兕 (eum 시 (si))
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Vietnamese
Han character
兕: Hán Nôm readings: tỉ
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