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U+73E5, 珥
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-73E5

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 96, +6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一土尸十 (MGSJ), four-corner 11140, composition 𤣩)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 731, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20964
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1142, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1109, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+73E5

Chinese

trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *njɯs) : semantic (jade) + phonetic (OC *njɯʔ).

Etymology

Departing tone (去聲) derivative from (OC *njɯʔ, “ear”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (38)
Final () (19)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter nyiH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ȵɨH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ȵɨH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȵʑieH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ȵɨH/
Li
Rong
/ȵiəH/
Wang
Li
/ȵʑĭəH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȵʑiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
èr
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ji6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 2787
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*njɯs/

Definitions

  1. (literary) jade or pearl earring
  2. (literary) crossguard
  3. (literary, astronomy) halo (of the sun or the moon)
  4. (literary) to stick in; to wear

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. ear bauble
  2. hilt

Readings

  • Go-on: (ni)
  • Kan-on: (ji)
  • Kun: みみだま (mimidama)みみかざり (mimikazari)ひがさ (higasa)

Korean

Hanja

(i) (hangeul , revised i, McCune–Reischauer i, Yale i)

  1. (귀엣골, gwietgol): earring

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: nhị

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Readings

  • Nôm: nhẹ, nhĩ, nhị

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, 1999