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U+745F, 瑟
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-745F

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 96, +9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一土心竹 (MGPH), four-corner 11331, composition )

  1. an ancient stringed musical instrument (long zither)
  2. dignified, massive
  3. sound of wind

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 738, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21133
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1149, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1125, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+745F

Chinese

trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *smriɡ, *smriɡ) : semantic (musical instrument) + phonetic (OC *pliɡ). has been simplified into the unrelated .

Pronunciation


Note:
  • siak/sek - vernacular;
  • sit - literary.

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (21)
    Final () (51)
    Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () III
    Fanqie
    Baxter srit
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /ʃɪt̚/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /ʃɪt̚/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /ʃiet̚/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /ʂit̚/
    Li
    Rong
    /ʃiĕt̚/
    Wang
    Li
    /ʃĭet̚/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren
    /ʂi̯æt̚/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    she
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    sat1
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ srit ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*ri/
    English lute

    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
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    No. 599 602
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    2 2
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*smriɡ/ /*smriɡ/

    Definitions

    1. (music) the se, an ancient Chinese bridge zither, usually with 25 strings
    2. solemn; dignified; alone; bleak
    3. Used in 瑟瑟 (sèsè).
    4. Used in 瑟縮瑟缩 (sèsuō) and 瑟索.

    Compounds

    Japanese

    Kanji

    (Hyōgai kanji)

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    Readings

    • Go-on: しち (shichi)
    • Kan-on: しつ (shitsu)
    • Kun: おおごと (ōgoto, )

    Korean

    Hanja

    (seul) (hangeul , revised seul, McCune–Reischauer sŭl, Yale sul)

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    : Hán Nôm readings: sắt

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