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U+5B56, 孖
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B56

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 39, +3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 弓木弓木 (NDND), four-corner 17447, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 277, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6941
  • Dae Jaweon: page 545, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1011, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+5B56

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Duplication of .

Etymology 1

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (13) (15)
Final () (19) (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter tsi dziH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sɨ/ /d͡zɨH/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sɨ/ /d͡zɨH/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sie/ /d͡zieH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sɨ/ /d͡zɨH/
Li
Rong
/t͡siə/ /d͡ziəH/
Wang
Li
/t͡sĭə/ /d͡zĭəH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡si/ /d͡zʱiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zi1 zi6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 17856 17867
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ʔslɯ/ /*zlɯs/

Definitions

  1. twin
  2. Alternative form of (, to propagate)

Compounds

Etymology 2

Probably a Kra-Dai substrate word, most likely from a Northern Tai language (Li, 1990). Compare Bouyei legwal (twins), Thai ฝาแฝด (fǎa, twins).

Pronunciation


Definitions

(Cantonese)

  1. twin
    [Cantonese]  ―  maa1 neoi5-2   ―  twin girls
  2. conjoined
  3. Classifier for a pair of linked objects.all nouns using this classifier
    臘腸腊肠 [Cantonese]  ―  jat1 maa1 laap6 coeng4-2   ―  a pair of Chinese sausages
  4. paired up; made into a pair
  5. (Singapore) double portion (food)
    [Cantonese]  ―  maa1 min6   ―  double portion of noodles

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. twins

Readings

  • Go-on: (shi) (ji)
  • Kan-on: (shi)
  • Kun: ふたご (futago, )

Korean

Hanja

(eum (ja))

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