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Translingual
Han character
廢 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 戈弓人水 (INOE), four-corner 00247, composition ⿸广發)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 351, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9492
- Dae Jaweon: page 662, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 903, character 10
- Unihan data for U+5EE2
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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廢
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*pads
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癈
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*pads
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橃
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*pads, *bad
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撥
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*paːd
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鱍
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*paːd, *pʰaːd
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襏
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*paːd
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驋
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*paːd
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鏺
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*pʰaːd
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潑
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*pʰaːd
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醱
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*pʰaːd
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pads): semantic 广 (“house”) + phonetic 發 (OC *pad).
During the Zhou–Qin period, 灋 (OC *pqab) and 法 (OC *pqab) were used to represent 廢.
Etymology
Related to 乏 (OC *bob, “to lack; to neglect”). Cognate with Tibetan འབབ ('bab, “to go down; to move downward; to descend; calamity”), འབེབས ('bebs, “to cause to fall; to bring down”) (Schuessler, 2007). Also compare Thai บอบ (bɔ̀ɔp, “weak, worn out, run down”) (ibid.).
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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廢
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廢
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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fèi
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fèi
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Middle Chinese
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‹ pjojH ›
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‹ pjojH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ap-s/
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/*pat-s/
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English
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cast aside
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great
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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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廢
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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2828
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Phonetic component
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發
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Rime group
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祭
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Rime subdivision
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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廢
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Old Chinese
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/*pads/
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Notes
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肺原作胏依校本
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Definitions
廢
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, of house) to collapse
- to abandon; to abrogate; to abolish
- abandoned; deserted
- to stop; to terminate
- to oust; to dethrone
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to decline; to decay; to ruin
- disabled; handicapped; crippled
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) decayed; spoiled; bad
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to neglect; to disregard; to overlook
- useless; disused
- waste; unwanted material
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to fall; to drop
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to kill; to slay
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to lay down
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to waste; to squander
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 發 / 发 (“to take place; to happen”)
- dejected; dispirited
Compounds
References
- “廢”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- 李如龙 , 刘福铸 , 吴华英 , 黄国城 (2019) “废”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 157.
Japanese
Kanji
廢
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 廃)
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Readings
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 廢 (MC pjojH).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): ~
- Phonetic hangul:
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Hanja
Wikisource
廢 (eumhun 폐할 폐 (pyehal pye))
廢 (eumhun 버릴 폐 (beoril pye))
- hanja form? of 폐 (“to terminate”)
- hanja form? of 폐 (“to abandon”)
Compounds
- 존폐 (存廢, jonpye)
- 철폐 (撤廢, cheolpye)
- 퇴폐 (頹廢, toepye)
- 폐가입진 (廢假立眞, pyegaipjin)
- 폐기 (廢棄, pyegi)
- 폐수 (廢水, pyesu)
- 폐인 (廢人, pyein)
- 폐지 (廢止, pyeji)
- 폐허 (廢墟, pyeheo)
- 황폐 (荒廢, hwangpye)
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.
Vietnamese
Han character
廢: Hán Nôm readings: phế
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