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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Rime
|
| Character
|
寂
|
寥
|
寥
|
| Reading #
|
1/1
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1/2
|
2/2
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| Initial (聲)
|
從 (15)
|
來 (37)
|
來 (37)
|
| Final (韻)
|
錫 (127)
|
蕭 (93)
|
錫 (127)
|
| Tone (調)
|
Checked (Ø)
|
Level (Ø)
|
Checked (Ø)
|
| Openness (開合)
|
Open
|
Open
|
Open
|
| Division (等)
|
IV
|
IV
|
IV
|
| Fanqie
|
前歷切
|
落蕭切
|
郎擊切
|
| Baxter
|
dzek
|
lew
|
lek
|
| Reconstructions
|
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
|
/d͡zek̚/
|
/leu/
|
/lek̚/
|
Pan
Wuyun
|
/d͡zek̚/
|
/leu/
|
/lek̚/
|
Shao
Rongfen
|
/d͡zɛk̚/
|
/leu/
|
/lɛk̚/
|
Edwin
Pulleyblank
|
/d͡zɛjk̚/
|
/lɛw/
|
/lɛjk̚/
|
Li
Rong
|
/d͡zek̚/
|
/leu/
|
/lek̚/
|
Wang
Li
|
/d͡ziek̚/
|
/lieu/
|
/liek̚/
|
Bernard
Karlgren
|
/d͡zʱiek̚/
|
/lieu/
|
/liek̚/
|
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
|
jí
|
liáo
|
lì
|
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
|
zik6
|
liu4
|
lik6
|
| 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
|
寥
|
寥
|
| Reading #
|
1/1
|
1/2
|
2/2
|
| No.
|
11734
|
8366
|
8370
|
Phonetic
component
|
尗
|
翏
|
翏
|
Rime
group
|
覺
|
幽
|
覺
|
Rime
subdivision
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
Corresponding
MC rime
|
寂
|
聊
|
靂
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*zlɯːwɢ/
|
/*rɯːw/
|
/*rɯːwɢ/
|
| Notes
|
|
見老子說文作廫
|
|
Adjective
寂寥
- quiet; tranquil; still
- open; spacious; empty; void
- lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
Synonyms
- 和平 (hépíng)
- 嗼寂 (mòjì)
- 安恬 (āntián) (literary)
- 安生 (ānshēng)
- 安謐／安谧 (ānmì) (literary)
- 安靖 (ānjìng) (literary)
- 安靜／安静 (ānjìng)
- 寂寞 (jìmò)
- 寂然 (jìrán) (literary)
- 寂靜／寂静 (jìjìng)
- 寧靜／宁静 (níngjìng)
- 平和
- 平靜／平静 (píngjìng)
- 幽靜／幽静 (yōujìng)
- 恬 (Hakka, literary or Min Nan)
- 恬倓 (tiántán)
- 恬淡 (tiándàn)
- 恬謐／恬谧 (tiánmì) (literary)
- 恬靜／恬静 (tiánjìng)
- 悄悄 (qiāoqiāo)
- 沉寂 (chénjì)
- 沉靜／沉静 (chénjìng)
- 清淨／清净 (qīngjìng)
- 清靜／清静 (qīngjìng)
- 自靜／自静 (zi3 jing2) (Jin)
- 靜寂／静寂 (jìngjì)
- 靜寂寂／静寂寂 (Hokkien)
- 靜悄悄／静悄悄 (jìngqiāoqiāo)
- 靜生生／静生生 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- (open): 空曠／空旷 (kōngkuàng), 空闊／空阔 (kōngkuò)
- (lonely):
- 俗 (Hokkien)
- 孤單／孤单 (gūdān)
- 孤孑 (gūjié) (literary)
- 孤寂 (gūjì)
- 孤獨／孤独 (gūdú)
- 寂寞 (jìmò)
- 挑另 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 索寞 (suǒmò) (literary or Eastern Min)
- 落寞 (luòmò)