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Translingual
Han character
恤 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 心竹月廿 (PHBT), four-corner 97010, composition ⿰忄血)
- show pity
- relieve, help
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 385, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10583
- Dae Jaweon: page 715, character 22
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2296, character 10
- Unihan data for U+6064
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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侐
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*qʰʷiɡs, *qʰʷɯɡ
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血
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*qʰʷiːɡ
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恤
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*sqʰʷiɡ
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卹
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*sqʰʷiɡ
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賉
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*sqʰʷiɡ
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欰
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*sqʰʷiɡ
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洫
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*qʰʷɯɡ
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殈
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*qʰʷeːɡ
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Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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恤
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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xù
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Middle Chinese
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‹ swit ›
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Old Chinese
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/*s-i/
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English
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anxiety
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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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恤
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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14099
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Phonetic component
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血
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Rime group
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質
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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卹
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Old Chinese
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/*sqʰʷiɡ/
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Definitions
恤
- to misgive
- to sympathize
- to compensate
- (archaic) to mind; to be concerned in
女罪之不恤,而又何請焉?不速死,司寇將至。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
女罪之不恤,而又何请焉?不速死,司寇将至。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE
- Rǔ zuì zhī bùxù, ér yòu hé qǐng yān? Bù sù sǐ, sīkòu jiāng zhì.
- You show no concern over you own crimes, so what demands are there that are yours to make? In case you fail to bring about your own immediate death, the sikou is coming to take you in any moment.
Compounds
Etymology 2
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Pronunciation
Definitions
恤
- (Cantonese) bolt; latch
- (Cantonese) to bolt; to latch
- 恤門/恤门 [Cantonese] ― seot1 mun4 ― to bolt the door
Compounds
Etymology 3
For pronunciation and definitions of 恤 – see 裇. (This character is a variant form of 裇). |
Compounds
References
- 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “恤”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 269.
Japanese
Kanji
恤
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
恤 • (hyul) (hangeul 휼, revised hyul, McCune–Reischauer hyul, Yale hyul)
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Vietnamese
Han character
恤: Hán Nôm readings: tuất
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References