屑

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屑 U+5C51, 屑
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Translingual

Han character

屑 (Kangxi radical 44, 尸+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 尸火月 (SFB), four-corner 77227, composition ⿸尸肖)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 302, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7709
  • Dae Jaweon: page 599, character 17
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 975, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5C51

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 屑
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (佾) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
洕 *lins
佾 *lɯd
屑 *slɯːd, *sluːd
榍 *slɯːd
糏 *slɯːd

Originally written 㞕.

Etymology 1

trad. 屑
simp. # 屑
alternative forms 㞕

Wang (1982) compares it to 細 (OC *snɯːls, “fine”), 碎 (OC *suːds, “shattered; fragmented”).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • siat - literary;
  • seh/seeh - vernacular;
  • sap/sa̍p - probably substitute for 霎.
    • (Teochew)
      • Peng'im: siag4 / siêg4 / siah4 / siao1 / siou1
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siak / siek / siah / siau / siou
      • Sinological IPA (key): /siak̚²/, /siek̚²/, /siaʔ²/, /siau³³/, /siou³³/
Note:
  • siag4/siêg4 - literary (siêg4 - Chaozhou);
  • siah4 - vernacular;
  • siao1/siou1 - common variant (siou1 - Chaozhou).
Rime
Character 屑
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 屑 (87)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 先結切
Baxter set
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/set̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/set̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/sɛt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/sɛt̚/
Li
Rong 		/set̚/
Wang
Li 		/siet̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/siet̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xie
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		sit3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 屑
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		xiè
Middle
Chinese 		‹ set ›
Old
Chinese 		/*s-lˁi/
English detail, trifle; fragment

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 屑 屑
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 15063 15066
Phonetic
component 		佾 佾
Rime
group 		質 物
Rime
subdivision 		1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		屑 窣
Old
Chinese 		/*slɯːd/ /*sluːd/
Notes 原文⺌作八，見方言

Definitions

屑

  1. bits; scraps; crumbs; fragments
    麵包屑／面包屑  ―  miànbāoxiè  ―  bread crumbs
  2. (literary, or in compounds) trifling; trivial
  3. (chiefly in the negative) to be worth doing
    不屑  ―  bùxiè  ―  not worth doing
    不屑一顧／不屑一顾  ―  bùxièyīgù  ―  displeasing to look at, "to not be worth one glance"
Synonyms
  • (bits): (Cantonese) 碎 (suì)
  • (trifling):

Compounds

Etymology 2

trad. 屑
simp. # 屑
alternative forms 戌 Hokkien

Pronunciation

Definitions

屑

  1. (Hakka, Southern Min) bits; scraps; crumbs; fragments

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai
(extended) 		Shinjitai
(extended)
屑󠄀
屑+&#xE0100;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
屑󠄂
屑+&#xE0102;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
Print standard 屑
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Kanji

屑

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. rubbish, waste

Readings

  • Go-on: せち (sechi)
  • Kan-on: せつ (setsu)
  • Kun: くず (kuzu, 屑)←くづ (kudu, 屑, historical)、いさぎよい (isagiyoi, 屑い)

Etymology

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Kanji in this term
屑
くず
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

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Pronunciation

Noun

屑(くず) or 屑(クズ) • (kuzu) ←くづ (kudu)?

  1. scrap, waste, bit
  2. human trash, or a scumbag
    社(しゃ)会(かい)のクズ
    shakai no kuzu
    dregs of society

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

屑 • (seol) (hangeul 설, revised seol, McCune–Reischauer sŏl, Yale sel)

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Vietnamese

Han character

屑: Hán Nôm readings: tiết

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