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Translingual
Han character
鶈 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 十女竹日火 (JVHAF), four-corner 57427, composition ⿰妻鳥)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1493, character 22
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47056
- Dae Jaweon: page 2023, character 31
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4639, character 21
- Unihan data for U+9D88
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 妻
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*sʰiːl, *sʰiːls
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| 萋
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*sʰiːl
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| 淒
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*sʰiːl
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| 凄
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*sʰiːl
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| 悽
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*sʰiːl
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| 鶈
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*sʰiːl
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| 郪
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*sʰiːl, *sʰil
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| 緀
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*sʰiːl, *sʰiːlʔ
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| 霋
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*sʰiːl
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| 棲
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*siːl
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Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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鶈
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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9918
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Phonetic
component
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妻
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Rime
group
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脂
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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妻
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Old
Chinese
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/*sʰiːl/
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Definitions
鶈
- † a mythical bird