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Translingual
Han character
洩 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 水中田心 (ELWP), four-corner 35106, composition ⿰氵曳)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 621, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17401
- Dae Jaweon: page 1017, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1606, character 9
- Unihan data for U+6D29
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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洩
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*leds
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曳
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*leds, *led
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拽
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*led
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *leds) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 曳 (OC *leds, *led).
Pronunciation 1
Note:
- siap/sia̍p - colloquial (“to leak”);
- siat - literary.
Definitions
洩
- (of water or gas) to leak; to seep
- (of emotions) to vent; to disperse
- to reveal; to divulge (eg. secrets)
- (obsolete) waterfall
Synonyms
- (to leak): (Hokkien) 落 (làu)
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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洩
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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14812
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Phonetic component
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曳
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Rime group
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祭
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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曵
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Old Chinese
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/*leds/
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Definitions
洩
- Used in 洩洩/泄泄 (yìyì).
- Alternative form of 泄 (“name of a river in Anhui Province”)
Japanese
Kanji
洩
(Hyōgai kanji)
Readings
Etymology 1
From Middle Chinese 洩 (MC yejH).
Pronunciation
Affix
洩 • (ei)
- leak; escape
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle Chinese 洩 (MC siᴇt̚).
Pronunciation
Affix
洩 • (setsu)
- leak; escape
Derived terms
Korean
Hanja
洩 • (seol, ye) (hangeul 설, 예, revised seol, ye, McCune–Reischauer sŏl, ye, Yale sel, yey)
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Vietnamese
Han character
洩: Hán Việt readings: tiết (先結切)[2], duệ (餘制切)
洩: Nôm readings: dáy[3][1][2][4][5], tiết[2][6][4][5], duệ[4][5], dãi[3], dịa[2]
- chữ Hán form of tiết (“to secrete; to emit”).
- Nôm form of dáy (“dirty”).
Compounds
References