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Translingual
Han character
墟 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 土卜心金 (GYPC) or 土卜心一 (GYPM), four-corner 41117, composition ⿰土虛)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 238, character 28
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5457
- Dae Jaweon: page 477, character 13
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 479, character 12
- Unihan data for U+589F
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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唬
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*qʰraːs, *kʷraːɡ
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戲
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*qʰral, *qʰrals, *qʰaː
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巇
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*qʰra
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隵
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*qʰra
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嚱
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*qʰras
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盧
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*b·raː
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鑪
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*raː
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壚
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*raː
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籚
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*raː
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蘆
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*raː, *ra
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顱
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*b·raː
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髗
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*b·raː
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鱸
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*raː
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攎
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*raː
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櫨
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*raː
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轤
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*raː
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黸
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*raː
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獹
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*raː
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鸕
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*raː
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艫
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*raː
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纑
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*raː
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瀘
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*raː
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瓐
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*raː
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爐
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*raː
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嚧
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*raː
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矑
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*b·raː
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罏
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*raː
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蠦
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*raː
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虜
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*raːʔ
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擄
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*raːʔ
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艣
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*raːʔ
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鐪
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*raːʔ
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虖
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*qʰaː, *qʰʷa, *qʰaː, *qʰʷa
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虍
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*qʰaː
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雐
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*qʰʷlaː
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虎
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*qʰlaːʔ
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琥
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*qʰlaːʔ
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萀
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*qʰlaːʔ
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臚
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*b·ra
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廬
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*ra
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驢
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*b·ra
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藘
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*ra
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爈
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*ra, *ras
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櫖
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*ra, *ras
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儢
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*raʔ
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慮
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*ras
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勴
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*ras
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鑢
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*ras
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濾
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*ras
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攄
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*r̥ʰa
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處
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*kʰljaʔ, *kʰljas
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豦
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*kas, *ɡa
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據
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*kas
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鐻
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*kas, *ɡa, *ɡaʔ
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澽
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*kas, *ɡas
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虛
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*kʰa, *qʰa
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墟
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*kʰa
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懅
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*ɡa
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蘧
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*ɡa, *ɡʷa
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籧
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*ɡa
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醵
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*ɡa, *ɡas, *ɡaɡ
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璩
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*ɡa
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虡
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*ɡaʔ
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遽
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*ɡas
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勮
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*ɡas
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噓
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*qʰa, *qʰas
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驉
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*qʰa
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歔
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*qʰa
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魖
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*qʰa
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膚
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*pla
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虧
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*kʰʷral
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噱
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*ɡaɡ
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臄
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*ɡaɡ
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劇
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*ɡaɡ
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諕
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*qʰʷraːɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰa) : semantic 土 (“dirt”) + phonetic 虛 (OC *kʰa, *qʰa).
Etymology
- "ruin"
- Possibly a nominal derivation, with *k- prefix, from 虛 (OC *kʰa, *qʰa) (Karlgren, 1958, Schuessler, 2007), maybe related to Mizo ko (“raised ground; bank; mound”). Perhaps not related to 丘 (OC *kʰʷɯ) "mound, hill" (contra Wang, 1982).
- "market"
- A Yuè (越) dialectal word, which also occurs in some Tai languages such as Yoy (hɯA1, “market”) (Schuessler, 2007). It also occurs in some Min dialects; Kwok (2018) reconstructs Proto-Southern Min *hɯ1.
Pronunciation
Note:
- hui1 - ruin;
- hui1-4 - market.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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墟
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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xū
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Middle Chinese
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‹ khjo ›
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Old Chinese
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/*C.qʰ(r)a/
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English
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hill, mound; abandoned city
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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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墟
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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5255
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Phonetic component
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虍
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Rime group
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魚
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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虚
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Old Chinese
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/*kʰa/
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Notes
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同虛
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Definitions
墟
- ruin
- 殷墟 ― Yīnxū ― Yinxu (ruins of the last capital of the Shang dynasty)
- (literary) village
- fair; market
- 趁墟 [Cantonese] ― can3 heoi1 ― to go to a market
Compounds
References
- 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “墟”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 267.
Japanese
Kanji
墟
(Hyōgai kanji)
- ruins
Readings
Compounds
- 廃墟 (haikyo): ruins, abandoned building
Usage notes
Rarely replaced by 虚 in modern usage.
Korean
Hanja
墟 • (heo) (hangeul 허, revised heo, McCune–Reischauer hŏ)
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Vietnamese
Han character
墟: Hán Nôm readings: hư, khư
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