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Translingual
Han character
泅 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水田人 (EWO), four-corner 36100, composition ⿰氵囚)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 615, character 8
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17270
- Dae Jaweon: page 1009, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1587, character 2
- Unihan data for U+6CC5
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 鮂
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*ʔslu, *lju
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| 囚
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*lju
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| 泅
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*lju
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| 苬
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*lju
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *lju) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 囚 (OC *lju).
Etymology 1
Possibly a dialectal variant of 游 (OC *lu, “to swim”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
Note:
- siû - literary;
- chhiû - vernacular.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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泅
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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qiú
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ zjuw ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*.ru/
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| English
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swim
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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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泅
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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10555
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Phonetic
component
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囚
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Rime
group
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幽
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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Old
Chinese
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/*lju/
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Definitions
泅
- to swim; to float; to wade
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Definitions
泅
- Alternative form of 攸 (yōu, “(of water) flowing”)
Further reading
Japanese
Kanji
泅
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
泅 (eum 쉬 (swi))
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Vietnamese
Han character
泅: Hán Nôm readings: tù
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