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Translingual
Han character
沸 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水中中弓 (ELLN), four-corner 35127, composition ⿰氵弗)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 614, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17251
- Dae Jaweon: page 1007, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1597, character 1
- Unihan data for U+6CB8
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 鄪
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*prɯds
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| 費
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*prɯds, *pʰɯds, *bɯds
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| 砩
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*pads
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| 沸
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*pɯds
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| 疿
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*pɯds
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| 茀
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*pɯds, *pʰɯd
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| 髴
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*pʰɯds, *pɯd, *pʰɯd
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| 昲
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*pʰɯds
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| 靅
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*pʰɯds
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| 狒
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*buds
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| 怫
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*bɯds, *bɯd
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| 胇
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*brɯd
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| 艴
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*bɯːd, *pʰɯd
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| 弗
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*pɯd
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| 紼
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*pɯd
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| 柫
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*pɯd
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| 笰
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*pɯd
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| 拂
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*pʰɯd
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| 刜
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*pʰɯd, *bɯd
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| 彿
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*pʰɯd
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| 佛
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*bɯd
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| 坲
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*bɯd
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| 咈
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*bɯd
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| 炥
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*bɯd
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pɯds) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 弗 (OC *pɯd).
Etymology
Compare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *prut (“to boil”) (STEDT), whence Burmese ပြုတ် (prut, “to boil”).
Pronunciation
Note:
- hùi - literary (Quanzhou);
- pùi - vernacular (Quanzhou).
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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沸
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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fèi
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ pjɨjH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*Nə.p-s/
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| English
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boil (v.)
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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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沸
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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3301
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Phonetic
component
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弗
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Rime
group
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隊
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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沸
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Old
Chinese
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/*pɯds/
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Definitions
沸
- to boil; to bubble; to churn
- to surge; to gush
- to be in turmoil; to bustle
- boiling; extremely hot
- noisy
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
沸
(Jōyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form ⿰氵厶)
- seethe
- boil
Readings
Derived terms
Korean
Hanja
沸 • (bi, bul) (hangeul 비, 불, revised bi, bul, McCune–Reischauer pi, pul, Yale pi, pul)
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Vietnamese
Han character
沸: Hán Nôm readings: phí, phất
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