寂寞

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Chinese

lonesome lonesome
trad. (寂寞) 寂 寞
simp. #(寂寞) 寂 寞

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 寂 寞
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 從 (15) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 青 (127) 唐 (103)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV I
Fanqie 前歷切 慕各切
Baxter dzek mak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/d͡zek̚/ /mɑk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/d͡zek̚/ /mɑk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/d͡zɛk̚/ /mɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/d͡zɛjk̚/ /mak̚/
Li
Rong 		/d͡zek̚/ /mɑk̚/
Wang
Li 		/d͡ziek̚/ /mɑk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/d͡zʱiek̚/ /mɑk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jí mò
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zik6 mok6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 寂
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jì
Middle
Chinese 		‹ dzek ›
Old
Chinese 		/*s-ˁiwk/
English quiet

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 寂 寞
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 11734 9255
Phonetic
component 		尗 莫
Rime
group 		覺 鐸
Rime
subdivision 		2 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		寂 莫
Old
Chinese 		/*zlɯːwɢ/ /*maːɡ/

Adjective

寂寞

  1. lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
    孤單寂寞／孤单寂寞  ―  gūdān jìmò  ―  solitary and lonesome
  2. quiet; still

Synonyms

  • (lonely):
  • (quiet):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (寂寞):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
寂 寞
せき
Grade: S 		ばく
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

寂(せき)寞(ばく) • (sekibaku) 

  1. loneliness, desolation

Adjective

寂(せき)寞(ばく) • (sekibaku) †-tari (adnominal 寂(せき)寞(ばく)とした (sekibaku to shita) or 寂(せき)寞(ばく)たる (sekibaku taru), adverbial 寂(せき)寞(ばく)と (sekibaku to) or 寂(せき)寞(ばく)として (sekibaku to shite))

  1. lonely, desolate

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
寂寞

Noun

寂寞 • (jeongmak) (hangeul 적막)

  1. Hanja form? of 적막 (“loneliness, desolation”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
寂寞

Adjective

寂寞

  1. chữ Hán form of tịch mịch (“solitary, silent, quiet”).
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