翕
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Translingual
Han character
翕 (Kangxi radical 124, 羽+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 人口尸一一 (ORSMM), four-corner 80127, composition ⿱合羽)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 956, character 42
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28691
- Dae Jaweon: page 1402, character 18
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3347, character 20
- Unihan data for U+7FD5
Chinese
| trad. | 翕 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 翕 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 翕 | |
|---|---|
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| Old Chinese | |
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| 龕 | *kʰuːm |
| 媕 | *quːm, *qromʔ, *qɯːm, *qramʔ, *qɯːb |
| 頜 | *ɡuːmʔ, *kuːb |
| 答 | *tkuːb |
| 畣 | *tkuːb |
| 荅 | *tkuːb |
| 嗒 | *tuːb, *tʰoːb |
| 褡 | *tuːb, *toːb |
| 撘 | *tuːb |
| 搭 | *tuːb, *tʰoːb |
| 榙 | *tkuːb, *ɡuːb |
| 佮 | *tkʰuːb, *kuːb, *quːb, *quːb |
| 蛤 | *kuːb |
| 鴿 | *kuːb |
| 合 | *kuːb, *ɡuːb |
| 郃 | *kuːb, *ɡuːb |
| 匌 | *kuːb, *kʰuːb |
| 鉿 | *kuːb |
| 閤 | *kuːb |
| 鞈 | *kuːb, *kruːb |
| 韐 | *kuːb, *kruːb |
| 鮯 | *kuːb |
| 哈 | *ŋɡuːb |
| 姶 | *quːb, *quːb |
| 欱 | *qʰuːb, *qʰruːb |
| 盒 | *ɡuːb |
| 耠 | *ɡuːb |
| 詥 | *ɡuːb |
| 塔 | *tʰuːb |
| 鞳 | *tʰoːb |
| 劄 | *rtuːb |
| 跲 | *kruːb, *kob, *ɡob |
| 袷 | *kruːb, *ŋkob |
| 餄 | *kruːb |
| 恰 | *kʰruːb |
| 帢 | *kʰruːb |
| 洽 | *ɡruːb |
| 祫 | *ɡruːb |
| 珨 | *ɡruːb |
| 烚 | *ɡruːb |
| 歙 | *qʰjob, *qʰrub |
| 湁 | *tkʰub |
| 拾 | *ɡjub |
| 給 | *krub |
| 翕 | *qʰrub |
| 噏 | *qʰrub |
| 潝 | *qʰrub |
| 熻 | *qʰrub |
| 嬆 | *qʰrub |
| 翖 | *qʰrub |
| 闟 | *qʰrub |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qʰrub) : phonetic 合 (OC *kuːb, *ɡuːb) + semantic 羽 (“wings”)
Etymology 1
Compare 蓋 (OC *kaːbs, *kaːb, *ɡaːb, “to cover”) (STEDT).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xie1
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jap1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hip
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
- Tongyong Pinyin: si
- Wade–Giles: hsi1
- Yale: syī
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
- Palladius: си (si)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sì
- Wade–Giles: hsi4
- Yale: syì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shih
- Palladius: си (si)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: xie1
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xie
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕiɛ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: jap1
- Yale: yāp
- Cantonese Pinyin: jap7
- Guangdong Romanization: yeb1
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɐp̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: xip
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰ(r)p/
- (Zhengzhang): /*qʰrub/
Definitions
翕
- friendly; compliant
- 58th tetragram of the Taixuanjing (𝌿)
- (Sichuanese) to crack
Compounds
References
- “翕”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Etymology 2
| trad. | 翕 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 翕 | |
| alternative forms | 攝／摄 | |
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hip
Definitions
翕
- (Hokkien) uncomfortably stuffy (due to hot weather, lack of air circulation, confined spaces, etc.)
- (Hokkien) to take a picture
- (Hokkien) to cover tightly closed lid to prevent leakage of air (especially used in cooking)
- (Mainland China Hokkien) to bully and oppress; to intimidate; to threaten
Compounds
References
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Japanese
Kanji
翕
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Readings
- Go-on: こう (kō)←こふ (kofu, historical)
- Kan-on: きゅう (kyū)←きふ (kifu, historical)
- Kun: あう (au, 翕う)
- Nanori: さかり (sakari)
Korean
Hanja
翕 • (heup) (hangeul 흡, revised heup, McCune–Reischauer hŭp, Yale hup)
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Vietnamese
Han character
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