寂

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寂 U+5BC2, 寂
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 寃 →

Translingual

Han character

寂 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 十卜火水 (JYFE), four-corner 30947, composition ⿱宀叔)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 288, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7200
  • Dae Jaweon: page 569, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 938, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+5BC2

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 寂
alternative forms
䆥
𡧘
𡧯
𡧴
𡨁
䆥
𡧘
𡧯
𡧴
𡨁
𥨅
𡨜
𢚍
𥤽
𥥒
𠱙
𧧌
𰩒
 

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 寂
Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (尗) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
椒 *ʔsliw
茮 *ʔsliw
踧 *l'ɯːwɢ, *ʔslɯwɢ
蔋 *l'ɯːwɢ
惄 *nɯːwɢ
戚 *sʰlɯːwɢ
慼 *sʰlɯːwɢ
鏚 *sʰlɯːwɢ
慽 *sʰlɯːwɢ
磩 *sʰlɯːwɢ
寂 *zlɯːwɢ
嘁 *ʔsluːb
墄 *sʰlɯːɡ
摵 *srɯːɡ, *ʔslɯwɢ, *srɯwɢ
督 *ʔl'uːwɢ
錖 *ʔl'uːwɢ
裻 *ʔl'uːwɢ, *sluːwɢ
傶 *ʔslɯːwɢ
蹙 *ʔslɯwɢ
槭 *ʔslɯwɢ
縬 *ʔslɯwɢ, *ʔsrɯwɢ
顣 *ʔslɯwɢ
敊 *l̥ʰɯwɢ
琡 *ʔljɯwɢ, *l̥ʰjɯwɢ
俶 *l̥ʰjɯwɢ
埱 *l̥ʰjɯwɢ
淑 *ɦljɯwɢ
婌 *ɦljɯwɢ
尗 *hljɯwɢ
叔 *hljɯwɢ
掓 *hljɯwɢ
菽 *hljɯwɢ
鮛 *hljɯwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zlɯːwɢ) : semantic 宀 (“house”) + phonetic 叔 (OC *hljɯwɢ)

Pronunciation

Note:
  • che̍k/chia̍k - literary;
  • chi̍p/chi̍t/siok - colloquial variants;
  • chiauh/chih - vernacular (e.g 靜寂寂／静寂寂).
    Rime
    Character 寂
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 從 (15)
    Final (韻) 錫 (127)
    Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) IV
    Fanqie 前歷切
    Baxter dzek
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/d͡zek̚/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/d͡zek̚/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/d͡zɛk̚/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/d͡zɛjk̚/
    Li
    Rong         		/d͡zek̚/
    Wang
    Li         		/d͡ziek̚/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/d͡zʱiek̚/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		jí
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		zik6
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 寂
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		jì
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ dzek ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*s-ˁiwk/
    English quiet

    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.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 寂
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 11734
    Phonetic
    component         		尗
    Rime
    group         		覺
    Rime
    subdivision         		2
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		寂
    Old
    Chinese         		/*zlɯːwɢ/

    Definitions

    寂

    1. still; silent; quiet
    2. lonely; solitary

    Compounds

    References

    Japanese

    Kanji

    寂

    (Jōyō kanji)

    1. loneliness
    2. quietly
    3. mellow
    4. mature
    5. death of a priest

    Readings

    Compounds

    Korean

    Hanja

    寂 (eum 적 (jeok))

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    寂: Hán Nôm readings: tịch, chệt, tạch

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