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Translingual
Han character
瑞 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一土山一月 (MGUMB), four-corner 12127, composition ⿰𤣩耑)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 738, character 9
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21131
- Dae Jaweon: page 1148, character 28
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1126, character 10
- Unihan data for U+745E
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 揣
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*toːlʔ, *sʰrolʔ
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| 褍
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*toːlʔ, *toːn
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| 惴
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*tjols
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| 圌
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*djol, *djon
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| 篅
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*djol, *djon
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| 瑞
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*djols
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| 端
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*toːn
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| 剬
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*toːn, *tjonʔ
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| 偳
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*toːn, *tʰoːn
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| 鍴
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*toːn
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| 耑
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*toːn
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| 踹
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*toːns, *djonʔ
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| 湍
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*tʰoːn, *tjon
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| 煓
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*tʰoːn
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| 貒
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*tʰoːn, *tʰoːns
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| 諯
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*stʰons, *tjon, *tʰjons, *djon
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| 顓
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*tjon
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| 喘
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*tʰjonʔ
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| 遄
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*djon
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| 輲
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*djon
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| 椯
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*djon
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| 歂
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*djon, *djonʔ
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| 腨
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*djonʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *djols) : semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 耑 (OC *toːn).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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瑞
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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ruì
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ dzyweH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*or-s/
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| English
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jade tablet
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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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瑞
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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2499
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Phonetic
component
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耑
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Rime
group
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歌
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Rime
subdivision
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3
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Corresponding
MC rime
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睡
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Old
Chinese
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/*djols/
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Definitions
瑞
- † token made of jade
- auspicious omen
- auspicious
- a surname
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
瑞
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
- congratulations
Readings
- Go-on: ずい (zui, 瑞)←ずゐ (zwi, ずゐ, historical)
- Kan-on: すい (sui, 瑞)←すゐ (swi, すゐ, historical)
- Kun: みず (mizu, 瑞)←みづ (midu, 瑞, historical); しるし (shirushi, 瑞); めでたい (medetai, 瑞い)
- Nanori: たま (tama); みつ (mitsu)
Compounds
Korean
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “what is its historical reading?”)
Hanja
瑞 (eumhun 상서로울 서 (sangseoroul seo))
- Hanja form? of 서 (“auspicious; lucky”).
Vietnamese
Han character
瑞: Hán Nôm readings: thụy/thuỵ, thụy/thuỵ
- This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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