厓

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厓 U+5393, 厓
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5393
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Translingual

Han character

厓 (Kangxi radical 27, 厂+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 一土土 (MGG), composition ⿸厂圭)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 161, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2930
  • Dae Jaweon: page 367, character 31
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 70, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+5393

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 厓

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 厓
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (圭) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
街 *kreː, *kreː
鞋 *ɡreː, *ɡreː, *ɡreː
娾 *ŋreː, *ŋreːʔ
佳 *kreː
鮭 *ɡreː, *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
涯 *ŋreː, *ŋre
崖 *ŋreː, *ŋre
啀 *ŋreː
厓 *ŋreː
捱 *ŋreː
睚 *ŋreːs
娃 *qreː
洼 *qreː, *qʷraː, *kʷeː
哇 *qreː, *qʷraː
胿 *ɡeː, *kʷeː
溎 *qeːns
觟 *ɡʷraːʔ
黊 *ɡʷraːʔ, *ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː
蘳 *ɡʷraːʔ, *qʰʷe
蛙 *qʷraː, *qʷreː
窪 *qʷraː
卦 *kʷreːs
挂 *kʷreːs
掛 *kʷreːs
詿 *kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs
罣 *kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs
絓 *kʰʷreː, *ɡʷreːs
鼃 *ɢʷreː, *qʷreː
圭 *kʷeː
珪 *kʷeː
邽 *kʷeː
閨 *kʷeː
袿 *kʷeː
窐 *kʷeː, *ɡʷeː
茥 *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
桂 *kʷeːs
筀 *kʷeːs
奎 *kʰʷeː
刲 *kʰʷeː
蝰 *kʰʷeː
楏 *kʰʷeː
睳 *qʰʷeː
畦 *ɡʷeː
眭 *ɡʷeː, *sqʰʷe, *qʰʷe, *qʰʷi
烓 *qʷeː, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
跬 *kʰʷeʔ
恚 *qʷes
硅 *qʰʷreɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋreː) : semantic 厂 (“cliff”) + phonetic 圭 (OC *kʷeː) – a cliff 厂 of dirt (圭 = 土 + 土).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 厓
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 佳 (31)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 五佳切
Baxter ngea
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ŋˠɛ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ŋᵚæ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ŋæi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ŋaɨj/
Li
Rong 		/ŋɛ/
Wang
Li 		/ŋai/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ŋai/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yá
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ngaai4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 厓
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yá
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ngɛ ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋˁrar/
English river bank; limit

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 厓
Reading # 1/1
No. 4538
Phonetic
component 		圭
Rime
group 		支
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		崖
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋreː/

Definitions

厓

  1. cliff
    alt. forms: 崖 (yá)
  2. waterside
    alt. forms: 涯 (yá)
  3. boundary
    alt. forms: 涯 (yá)
  4. † Alternative form of 睚

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

厓

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. precipice
  2. shore
  3. bank
  4. cliff

Readings

Korean

Hanja

厓 (eum 애 (ae))

  1. hill, cliff
  2. the edge
  3. boundary

Vietnamese

Han character

厓: Hán Nôm readings: day

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