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Translingual
Han character
咿 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口人尸大 (ROSK), four-corner 67000, composition ⿰口伊)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 188, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3579
- Dae Jaweon: page 407, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 618, character 7
- Unihan data for U+54BF
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 芛
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*ɢʷelʔ, *ɢʷid
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| 伊
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*qlil
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| 咿
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*qlil
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| 蛜
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*qlil
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| 笋
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*sɢʷinʔ
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| 尹
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*ɢʷlinʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qlil) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 伊 (OC *qlil).
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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咿
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yī
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ʔjij ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ij/
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| English
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forced laugh
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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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咿
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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15297
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Phonetic
component
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尹
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Rime
group
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脂
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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伊
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Old
Chinese
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/*qlil/
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| Notes
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見楚辭卜居
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Definitions
咿
- Used in onomatopoeic words.
- † to moan in pain or grief
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Definitions
咿
- (Cantonese) Alternative form of 依 (“this; these”)
Japanese
Kanji
咿
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
咿 • (i) (hangeul 이, revised i, McCune–Reischauer i)
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