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Translingual
Han character
絺 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女火大大月 (VFKKB), four-corner 24927, composition ⿰糹希)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 924, character 22
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27471
- Dae Jaweon: page 1359, character 21
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3405, character 13
- Unihan data for U+7D7A
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 桸
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*hral, *hlɯl
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| 郗
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*l̥ʰɯl
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| 絺
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*l̥ʰɯl
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| 脪
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*l̥ʰɯl, *hrɯnʔ, *hlɯns
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| 瓻
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*l̥ʰɯl
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| 希
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*hlɯl
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| 晞
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*hlɯl
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| 莃
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*hlɯl
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| 鵗
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*hlɯl
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| 稀
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*hlɯl
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| 睎
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*hlɯl
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| 豨
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*hlɯl, *hlɯlʔ
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| 悕
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*hlɯl
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| 俙
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*hlɯl, *hlɯlʔ
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| 欷
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*hlɯl, *hlɯls
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| 浠
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*hlɯl
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| 唏
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*hlɯlʔ, *hlɯls
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Etymology 1
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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絺
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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chī
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ trhij ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*qʰrəj/ (dialect: *qʰr- > *r̥- > trh-)
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| English
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fine cloth
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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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絺
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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13247
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Phonetic
component
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希
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Rime
group
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微
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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絺
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Old
Chinese
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/*l̥ʰɯl/
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Definitions
絺
- fine linen
- fine hemp fiber
- a surname
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Definitions
絺
- Alternative form of 黹 (zhǐ)
Japanese
Kanji
絺
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- fine linen
- fine hemp fiber
Readings
Korean
Hanja
絺 • (chi) (hangeul 치, revised chi, McCune–Reischauer ch'i, Yale chi)
- fine hemp cloth