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Translingual
Stroke order
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Han character
乂 (Kangxi radical 4, 丿+1, 2 strokes, cangjie input 大 (K) or 難大 (XK), four-corner 40000, composition ⿻丿㇏)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 81, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 111
- Dae Jaweon: page 165, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 31, character 3
- Unihan data for U+4E42
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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艾
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*ŋaːds, *ŋads
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鴱
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*ŋaːds, *ŋads
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餀
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*hŋaːds
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刈
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*ŋads
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乂
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*ŋads
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Pictogram (象形) — a tool similar to a knife (Li Xueqing, 2012).
Etymology
Sense "regulate, govern, orderly" is derived from "to mow, cut, reap"; this sense's origin is ambiguous, possibly from "to cut" > "to trim", etc. (Schuessler, 2007). If so, see 刈 (yì) for etymology.
Alternatively, from 禦/御 (yù) (ibid.)
Pronunciation 1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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乂
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乂
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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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‹ ngjojH ›
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‹ ngjojH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ŋa-s/
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/*ŋa-s/
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English
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mow, cut (v.)
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mow; regulate
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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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乂
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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14957
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Phonetic component
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乂
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Rime group
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祭
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Rime subdivision
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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刈
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Old Chinese
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/*ŋads/
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Definitions
乂
- Original form of 刈 (yì, “to weed; to mow”).
- to govern; to control; to manage; to regulate
時則物有間之,自一話一言,我則末,維成德之彥,以乂我受民。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
时则物有间之,自一话一言,我则末,维成德之彦,以乂我受民。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Wang Chong, Lun Heng (Discussive Weighing), 80 CE
- Shí zé wù yǒu jiān zhī, zì yīhuàyīyán, wǒ zé mò, wéi chéngdé zhī yàn, yǐ yì wǒ shòu mín.
- Sometimes things will interfere. Then stick to your words and your speech, and let us be thinking of officers of complete virtues, and to regulate the people whom we have received.
- to nurture
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Definitions
乂
- to discipline; to punish
Japanese
Kanji
乂
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
- Go-on: げ (ge)
- Kan-on: がい (gai)
- Kun: かる (karu, 乂る)、おさめる (osameru, 乂める)←をさめる (wosameru, 乂める, historical)、おさまる (osamaru, 乂まる)←をさまる (wosamaru, 乂まる, historical)、やしなう (yashinau, 乂う)←やしなふ (yasinafu, 乂ふ, historical)、さびい (sabii, 乂い)、こらす (korasu, 乂らす)
Korean
Etymology 1
Hanja
乂 (eumhun 벨 예 (bel ye))
乂 (eumhun 다스릴 예 (daseuril ye))
- (obsolete) hanja form? of 예 (“to weed; to mow”)
- (obsolete) Alternative form of 刈 (“hanja form? of 예 (“to weed; to mow”)”)
- (obsolete) hanja form? of 예 (“to govern; to control; to manage”)
- (obsolete) Alternative form of 艾 (“hanja form? of 예 (“to govern; to control; to manage”)”)
Etymology 2
Hanja
乂 (eumhun 징계할 애 (jinggyehal ae))
- (obsolete) hanja form? of 애 (“to discipline; to punish”)
References
Vietnamese
Han character
乂: Hán Nôm readings: nghệ, ngải
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References