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Translingual
Han character
羲 (Kangxi radical 123, 羊+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿土竹木尸 (TGHDS), four-corner 80253, composition ⿱𦍌⿹⿰禾戈丂)
- breath, vapor
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 953, character 40
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28552
- Dae Jaweon: page 1398, character 28
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3137, character 13
- Unihan data for U+7FB2
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 莪
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*ŋaːl
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| 哦
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*ŋaːl
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| 娥
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*ŋaːl
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| 峨
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*ŋaːl
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| 峩
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*ŋaːl
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| 鵝
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*ŋaːl
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| 俄
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*ŋaːl
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| 蛾
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*ŋaːl, *ŋralʔ
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| 睋
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*ŋaːl
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| 涐
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*ŋaːl
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| 誐
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*ŋaːl
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| 硪
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*ŋaːl, *ŋaːlʔ
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| 我
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*ŋaːlʔ
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| 騀
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*ŋaːlʔ
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| 餓
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*ŋaːls
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| 義
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*ŋrals
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| 儀
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*ŋral
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| 轙
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*ŋral, *ŋralʔ
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| 檥
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*ŋral, *ŋralʔ
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| 蟻
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*ŋralʔ
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| 艤
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*ŋralʔ
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| 礒
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*ŋralʔ
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| 羛
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*ŋralʔ, *hŋral
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| 議
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*ŋrals
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| 犧
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*hŋral
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| 曦
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*hŋral
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| 羲
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*hŋral
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *hŋral): semantic 兮 + phonetic 義 (OC *ŋrals).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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羲
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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xī
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ xje ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ŋ̊(r)aj/
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| English
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(proper name)
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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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羲
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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13059
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Phonetic
component
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我
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Rime
group
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歌
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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犧
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Old
Chinese
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/*hŋral/
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Definitions
羲
- Used in personal names.
- short for 伏羲 (Fúxī)
- short for 羲和 (xīhé)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) breath; vapor; gas
- alternative form of 曦 (xī)
- short for 王羲之 (Wáng Xīzhī)
- a surname
Usage notes
- The 丂 (kǎo) component on the lower left side of the character is often mistakenly written as 乃 (nǎi). Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian (《现代汉语规范词典》) specifically proscribes the substitution of 丂 with 乃.
Compounds
References
- 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “羲”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 252.
Japanese
Kanji
羲
(Hyōgai kanji)
- Used in personal names.
Readings
Vietnamese
Han character
羲: Hán Nôm readings: hi
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