汐

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Translingual

Han character

Stroke order
6 strokes

汐 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 水弓戈 (ENI), four-corner 37120, composition ⿰氵夕)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 605, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17122
  • Dae Jaweon: page 998, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1554, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+6C50

Chinese

trad. 汐
simp. # 汐

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (夕) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
夕 *ljaːɡ
汐 *ljaːɡ
穸 *ljaːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ljaːɡ) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 夕 (OC *ljaːɡ).

Etymology

From 夕 (OC *ljaːɡ, “evening”). Compare 潮 (OC *r'ew, “morning tide; tide”).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 汐
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 邪 (17)
Final (韻) 昔 (123)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 祥易切
Baxter zjek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ziᴇk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ziɛk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ziæk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ziajk̚/
Li
Rong 		/ziɛk̚/
Wang
Li 		/zĭɛk̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/zi̯ɛk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zik6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 汐
Reading # 1/1
No. 13228
Phonetic
component 		夕
Rime
group 		鐸
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		席
Old
Chinese 		/*ljaːɡ/
Notes 見管子

Definitions

汐

  1. evening tide; night tides; ebb
    潮汐  ―  cháoxī  ―  morning and evening tides; tide, wave

Compounds

References

  • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “汐”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 250.

Japanese

Kanji

汐

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. eventide
  2. tide
  3. salt water
  4. opportunity

Readings

Usage notes

  • Both 汐 and 潮 have the kun-readings of shio and ushio. Archaically, 夕汐(ゆうしお) (yūshio) was used to mean tides during the night, and 朝潮(あさしお) (asashio) was used for tides in the morning. For tides at any time of day, the compound chōseki may be used, below.

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
汐
しお
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
潮

Noun

For pronunciation and definitions of 汐 – see the following entry.
【潮しお】6
a (morning) tide
seawater
a (usually favorable) chance or opportunity
charm, attractiveness
(historical) in the Edo period, name of a courtesan rank in the Shinmachi district of Osaka, next to the 鹿恋 (kakoi).
a surname
a female given name
【潮しほ】6
a surname
a female given name
(This term, 汐, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 汐 (MC zjek). Recorded as Middle Korean 셕〮 (syék) (Yale: syek) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

汐 (eumhun 조수 석 (josu seok))

  1. hanja form? of 석 (“night tides”)

Compounds

Compounds

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

汐: Hán Nôm readings: tách, tịch

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References

  • Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
  • Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
  • Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville
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