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Translingual
Han character
瘠 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+10, 15 strokes, cangjie input 大火金月 (KFCB), four-corner 00127, composition ⿸疒脊)
- thin, emaciated
- barren
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 778, character 9
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22401
- Dae Jaweon: page 1188, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2691, character 1
- Unihan data for U+7620
Chinese
Glyph origin
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|
Old Chinese
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| 脊
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*ʔseɡ
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| 蹐
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*ʔseɡ
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| 鶺
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*ʔseɡ
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| 塉
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*zeɡ
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| 瘠
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*zeɡ
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| 膌
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*zeɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zeɡ): semantic 疒 (“illness”) + phonetic 脊 (OC *ʔseɡ)
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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瘠
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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5786
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Phonetic
component
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脊
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Rime
group
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錫
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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籍
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Old
Chinese
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/*zeɡ/
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Adjective
瘠
- thin; emaciated
- barren; infertile
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
瘠
(Hyōgai kanji)
- lean, thin
- barren, sterile
Readings
Korean
Hanja
瘠 • (cheok) (hangeul 척, revised cheok, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏk, Yale chek)
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Vietnamese
Han character
瘠: Hán Nôm readings: tích
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