嘒

嘒 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 口手十一 (RQJM) or 口手十尸 (RQJS), four-corner 6507₁, composition ⿰口彗)

1. tiny
2. chirping, whistling
3. shrill sound, sharp

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 205, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4196
• Dae Jaweon: page 428, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 672, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5612

“small”

For this particular sense, Sagart (2021) modifies Baxter and Sagart's (2014) Old Chinese reconstruction to *Cə-pʰˤut and speculates a connection to 勃 (OC *bɯːd), 彗 (OC *sɢʷeds, *ɢʷeds, *sɢʷids), all potentially from to a root relating to "dust".

嘒

1. ^† (onomatopoeia) chirp, shrill, whistle

   • 菀彼柳斯、鳴蜩嘒嘒。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     菀彼柳斯、鸣蜩嘒嘒。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Wǎn bǐ liǔ sī, míngtiáo huì huì.

     Luxuriant grow those willows, and the cicadas go hui-hui.

   • 鼓淵淵、嘒嘒管聲。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     鼓渊渊、嘒嘒管声。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Gǔ yuān yuān, huì huì guǎn shēng.

     Deep is the sound of the hand-drums and drums; shrilly sound the flutes.

2. ^† very small

   • 嘒彼小星、三五在東。肅肅宵征、夙夜在公、寔命不同。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     嘒彼小星、三五在东。肃肃宵征、夙夜在公、寔命不同。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Huì bǐ xiǎoxīng, sān wǔ zài dōng. Sùsù xiāo zhēng, sùyè zài gōng, shí mìng bùtóng.

     Small are those starlets, three or five of them in the east, swiftly by night we go; in the early dawn we are with the prince. Our lot is not like hers.

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. sharp

• On (unclassified): けい (kei)、け (ke)

From Middle Chinese 嘒 (MC xwejH).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): ~
• Phonetic hangul:
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

嘒 (eumhun 작은 소리 혜 (jageun sori hye))

1. Used only when reading Classical Chinese texts.

嘒: Hán Nôm readings: tóe/toé

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