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Translingual
Han character
凄 (Kangxi radical 15, 冫+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈一十中女 (IMJLV), four-corner 35144, composition ⿰冫妻)
- bitter cold, miserable, dreary
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 132, character 33
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1657
- Dae Jaweon: page 296, character 22
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 299, character 1
- Unihan data for U+51C4
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 妻
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*sʰiːl, *sʰiːls
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| 萋
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*sʰiːl
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| 淒
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*sʰiːl
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| 凄
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*sʰiːl
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| 悽
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*sʰiːl
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| 鶈
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*sʰiːl
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| 郪
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*sʰiːl, *sʰil
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| 緀
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*sʰiːl, *sʰiːlʔ
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| 霋
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*sʰiːl
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| 棲
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*siːl
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰiːl) : semantic 冫 (“ice”) + phonetic 妻 (OC *sʰiːl, *sʰiːls)
Etymology 1
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 凄 – see 悽 (“miserable; sorrowful; sad”).
(This character is the simplified form of 悽). |
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Japanese
Kanji
凄
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
- uncanny
- awful, whacking, enormous, bloody, terrible
Readings
Derived terms
Korean
Hanja
凄 (eum 처 (cheo))
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Vietnamese
Han character
凄: Hán Nôm readings: thê
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