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Translingual
Han character
滑 (Kangxi radical 85, 水 +10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水月月月 (EBBB ), four-corner 37127 , composition ⿰氵 骨 )
Derived characters
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 643 , character 3
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18032
Dae Jaweon: page 1050, character 10
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1678, character 4
Unihan data for U+6ED1
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
顝
*kʰuːl, *kʰuːlʔ, *kʰuːd
滑
*ɡruːd, *kuːd, *ɡuːd
猾
*ɡruːd
磆
*ɡruːd
螖
*ɡruːd
鶻
*ɡruːd, *kuːd, *ɡuːd
嗗
*qruːd
骨
*kuːd
縎
*kuːd
愲
*kuːd
蓇
*kuːd
尳
*kuːd, *ɡuːd
榾
*kuːd
搰
*ɡuːd
核
*ɡuːd, *ɡrɯːɡ
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 , OC *ɡruːd, *kuːd, *ɡuːd ) : semantic 水 ( “ water ” ) + phonetic 骨 ( OC *kuːd) .
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Note :
gò - vernacular;
huà - literary.
Note :
gŏk - vernacular;
huăk - literary.
Note :
ku̍t - vernacular (“slippery; cunning; to slip out”);
hoa̍t - literary.
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
滑
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
huá
Middle Chinese
‹ hwɛt ›
Old Chinese
/*Nə-ɡˁrut/
English
slippery
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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
滑
Reading #
1/3
No.
4315
Phonetic component
骨
Rime group
物
Rime subdivision
2
Corresponding MC rime
滑
Old Chinese
/*ɡruːd/
Definitions
滑
to slip ; to slide
to get away without punishment
to swipe ( on an electronic product )
滑 手機 / 滑 手机 ― huá shǒujī ― to play on one's phone
smooth ; glossy
slippery ; slick
小心 地 滑 ― xiǎoxīn dì huá ― beware of slippery floor (a phrase commonly seen on warning signs)
cunning ; crafty ; sly
( Mainland China Hokkien ) to slip out ; to blurt out involuntarily
a surname : Hua
Synonyms
( to slip ) : ( Cantonese ) 𨃩 (sin3 ); ( Hokkien ) 跙 (jù )
( smooth ) :
光溜 ( guāngliu ) ( colloquial ) 光滑 ( guānghuá ) 平滑 ( pínghuá ) 溜 ( literary, or in compounds ) 滑溜溜 ( huáliūliū ) ( ideophonic ) 滑潤 / 滑润 ( huárùn ) 細膩 / 细腻 ( xìnì ) 𨤡 / 𬪺 ( guang4 ) ( Sichuanese )
( slippery ) : ( Cantonese ) 𨃩 (sin3 )
( cunning ) :
世故 ( shìgù ) 刁 ( diāo ) 刁滑 ( diāohuá ) 刁鑽 / 刁钻 ( diāozuān ) 刁頑 / 刁顽 ( diāowán ) ( literary, cunning and stubborn ) 即世 ( jíshì ) ( literary ) 圓泛 / 圆泛 ( yenn2 fan4 ) ( Xiang ) 圓滑 / 圆滑 ( yuánhuá ) 圞泛 / 𪢮泛 ( lonn2 fan4 ) ( Xiang ) 奸宄 ( Hokkien ) 奸巧 ( Hokkien ) 奸狡 奸猾 ( jiānhuá ) 奸險 ( jiānxiǎn ) 姦刁 / 奸刁 ( 1 ke-tiau) ( Wu ) 姦詐 / 奸诈 ( jiānzhà ) 油滑 ( yóuhuá ) 滑頭 / 滑头 ( huátóu ) 狡怪 ( káu-koài ) ( Hokkien ) 狡猾 ( jiǎohuá ) 狡獪 / 狡狯 ( jiǎokuài ) ( literary ) 狡詐 / 狡诈 ( jiǎozhà ) 狡鬼 ( Zhangzhou Hokkien ) 狡黠 ( jiǎoxiá ) ( literary ) 詭詐 / 诡诈 ( guǐzhà ) 調皮 / 调皮 ( tiáopí ) 陰濕 / 阴湿 ( jam1 sap1 ) ( Cantonese ) 陰險 / 阴险 ( yīnxiǎn ) 頑惡 / 顽恶 ( wánwù ) ( literary )
Compounds
Etymology 2
trad.
滑
simp. #
滑
alternative forms
汩 to disturb 抇 to disturb 淈 to disturb
Pronunciation
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
滑
滑
Reading #
2/3
3/3
No.
4324
4333
Phonetic component
骨
骨
Rime group
物
物
Rime subdivision
2
2
Corresponding MC rime
骨
搰
Old Chinese
/*kuːd/
/*ɡuːd/
Definitions
滑
† to disturb ; to unsettle ; to agitate
† to treat ; to regulate
繕性 於 俗學 ,以 求 復 其 初 ,滑 欲於 俗思 ,以 求 致 其 明 ,謂 之 蔽蒙 之 民 。 [Classical Chinese , trad. ] 缮性 于 俗学 ,以 求 复 其 初 ,滑 欲于 俗思 ,以 求 致 其 明 ,谓 之 蔽蒙 之 民 。 [Classical Chinese , simp. ] From: Zhuangzi , circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE , translated based on James Legge 's versionShàn xìng yú súxué, yǐ qiú fù qí chū, gǔ yù yú súsī, yǐ qiú zhì qí míng, wèi zhī bìméng zhī mín. Those who would correct their nature by means of the vulgar learning, seeking to restore it to its original condition, and those who would regulate their desires, by the vulgar ways of thinking, seeking thereby to carry their intelligence to perfection, must be pronounced to be deluded and ignorant people.
† to muddy
Used in 滑稽 (gǔjī ).
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
滑
(Jōyō kanji )
slippery
slide
slip
flunk
Readings
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
滑( なめ ) • (name )
in mountaineering , the place where a little water is running on a smooth rock
smooth thing, slippery thing
References
Korean
Etymology 1
From Middle Chinese 滑 (MC hweat ).
Pronunciation
Hanja
Wikisource
滑 (eumhun 미끄러울 활 ( mikkeureoul hwal ) )
hanja form? of 활 ( “ slippery ” )
Compounds
Compounds
평활 (平滑 , pyeonghwal )
원활 (圓滑 , wonhwal , “smooth , trouble free”)
활강 (滑降 , hwalgang , “downhill ”)
활공 (滑空 , hwalgong , “gliding ”)
활주 (滑走 , hwalju , “gliding , sliding ”)
활공기 (滑空機 , hwalgonggi )
활주로 (滑走路 , hwaljuro , “runway ”)
윤활유 (潤滑油 , yunhwaryu , “lubricating oil ”)
윤활제 (潤滑劑 , yunhwalje , “lubricant ”)
Etymology 2
From Middle Chinese 滑 (MC kwot ).
Pronunciation
Hanja
滑 (eumhun 익살스러울 골 ( iksalseureoul gol ) )
hanja form? of 골 ( “ comical ” )
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
滑 : Hán Nôm readings: gột , cốt , hoạt
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