彘
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Translingual
Han character
彘 (Kangxi radical 58, 彐+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女一心人心 (VMPOP), four-corner 27711, composition ⿱彑⿲匕矢匕)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 362, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9931
- Dae Jaweon: page 680, character 33
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 961, character 14
- Unihan data for U+5F58
Chinese
| trad. | 彘 | |
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| simp. # | 彘 | |
| alternative forms | 𠅰 𥏉 𢑣 | |
Glyph origin
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| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l'eds) : semantic 豕 (“pig; boar”) + phonetic 矢 (OC *hliʔ, “arrow”) – a wild boar being shot by an arrow (as opposed to a domesticated pig)
Etymology
From Kra-Dai; compare Proto-Kam-Sui *ʔdlaːi⁵ (“wild pig”), Proto-Hlai *C-ləc (“wild boar”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): zi6
- Eastern Min (BUC): dê
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6zy
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhìh
- Wade–Giles: chih4
- Yale: jr̀
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyh
- Palladius: чжи (čži)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: zi6
- Yale: jih
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzi6
- Guangdong Romanization: ji6
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡siː²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: dê
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɛi²⁴²/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: drjejH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*r-s/
- (Zhengzhang): /*l'eds/
Definitions
彘
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 豬 (“pig; swine”)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
彘 (eum 체 (che))
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Vietnamese
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