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Translingual
Han character
挹 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 手口日山 (QRAU), four-corner 56017, composition ⿰扌邑)
- to bale out
- to decant liquids
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 432, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12105
- Dae Jaweon: page 781, character 11
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1883, character 6
- Unihan data for U+6339
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 唈
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*qɯːb, *qrɯb
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| 浥
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*qrɯːb, *qab, *qrɯb
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| 裛
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*qrab, *qab, *qrɯb
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| 俋
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*r'ɯb
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| 挹
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*qɯb
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| 邑
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*qrɯb
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| 悒
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*qrɯb
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qɯb) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 邑 (OC *qrɯb).
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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挹
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挹
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挹
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| Reading #
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1/3
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2/3
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3/3
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yì
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yì
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yì
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ʔjip ›
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‹ ʔjip ›
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‹ ʔjip ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*qip/
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/*qip/
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/*qip/
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| English
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to bow; suppress
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to ladle out
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suppress
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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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挹
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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15020
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Phonetic
component
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邑
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Rime
group
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緝
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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揖
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Old
Chinese
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/*qɯb/
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Definitions
挹
- (literary) to ladle out; to scoop up
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 挹 – see 揜 (“(Hokkien) to conceal; to hide; to cover up (by getting something)”).
(This character is a variant form of 揜). |
Japanese
Kanji
挹
(Hyōgai kanji)
- to bale out
- to decant liquids
Readings
Korean
Hanja
挹 • (eup) (hangeul 읍, revised eup, McCune–Reischauer ŭp, Yale up)
- to bale out
- to decant liquids
Vietnamese
Han character
挹: Hán Nôm readings: úp
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