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Translingual
Han character
繄 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 尸水女戈火 (SEVIF) or 難尸水女戈 (XSEVI), four-corner 77903, composition ⿱殹糸)
- be
- particle
- sigh, alas
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 937, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27853
- Dae Jaweon: page 1376, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3442, character 5
- Unihan data for U+7E44
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 鷖
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*qiː
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| 翳
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*qiː, *qiːs
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| 嫛
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*qiː
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| 黳
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*qiː
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| 繄
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*qiː, *qiːs
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| 医
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*qiːs
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| 嫕
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*qiːs
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| 蘙
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*qiːs
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| 瞖
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*qiːs
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| 殹
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*qiːs
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| 贀
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*ɢʷis
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| 醫
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*qɯ
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| 毉
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*qɯ
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| 蠮
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*qiːɡ
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Pronunciation
Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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繄
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繄
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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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15049
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15055
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Phonetic
component
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医
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医
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Rime
group
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脂
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脂
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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鷖
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翳
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Old
Chinese
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/*qiː/
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/*qiːs/
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Definitions
繄
- Meaningless sentence-initial particle
- Synonyms: 唯, 維／维, 惟 (wéi)
爾有母遺，繄我獨無！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
尔有母遗，繄我独无！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE
- Ěr yǒu mǔ wèi, yī wǒ dú wú!
- You have a mother to give ; I alone do not!
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
繄
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
繄 • (ye) (hangeul 예, revised ye, McCune–Reischauer ye, Yale yey)
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