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Translingual
Han character
縊 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 女火廿金廿 (VFTCT), four-corner 28917, composition ⿰糹益)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 933, character 14
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27738
- Dae Jaweon: page 1372, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3439, character 8
- Unihan data for U+7E0A
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 隘
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*qreːɡs
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| 賹
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*qreːɡs
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| 搤
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*qreːɡs, *qreːɡ
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| 縊
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*qleːɡs, *qleɡs
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| 螠
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*qleɡs
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| 謚
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*ɢliɡs, *qleɡ
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| 諡
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*ɢliɡs
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| 蠲
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*kʷliːŋ
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| 溢
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*liɡ
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| 鎰
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*liɡ
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| 齸
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*lig, *qleg
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| 貖
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*qreːɡ
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| 益
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*qleɡ
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| 嗌
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*qleɡ
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| 膉
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*qleɡ
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| 鷁
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*ŋɡleːɡ
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| 艗
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*ŋɡleːɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qleːɡs, *qleɡs) : semantic 糸 + phonetic 益 (OC *qleɡ).
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Compare Tibetan འཁྱིག་ ('khyig, “tie, fasten”), Burmese အစ် (ac, “throttle”) (Hill, 2017).
Pronunciation
Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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縊
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縊
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yì
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yì
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ʔejH ›
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‹ ʔjieH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*qˁk-s/
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/*qk-s/
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| English
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strangle
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strangle
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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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縊
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縊
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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15070
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15071
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Phonetic
component
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益
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益
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Rime
group
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賜
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賜
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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翳
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縊
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Old
Chinese
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/*qleːɡs/
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/*qleɡs/
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Definitions
縊
- to hang; to strangle (to death)
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
縊
(Hyōgai kanji)
- strangle
Readings
See also
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 縊 (MC 'jieH|'ejH).
Pronunciation
Affix
縊 • (i)
- hang; strangle
Derived terms
Korean
Hanja
縊 • (aek, ui) (hangeul 액, 의, revised aek, ui, McCune–Reischauer aek, ŭi, Yale ayk, uy)
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Vietnamese
Han character
縊: Hán Nôm readings: ải
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