淒

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See also: 凄
淒 U+6DD2, 淒
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DD2
← 淑
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 淓 →

Translingual

Han character

淒 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水十中女 (EJLV), four-corner 35144, composition ⿰氵妻)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 629, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17635
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1031, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1645, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+6DD2

Chinese

trad. 淒
simp. 凄*
alternative forms 凄

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (妻) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
妻 *sʰiːl, *sʰiːls
萋 *sʰiːl
淒 *sʰiːl
凄 *sʰiːl
悽 *sʰiːl
鶈 *sʰiːl
郪 *sʰiːl, *sʰil
緀 *sʰiːl, *sʰiːlʔ
霋 *sʰiːl
棲 *siːl

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 淒
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 清 (14)
Final (韻) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 七稽切
Baxter tshej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡sʰei/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡sʰei/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡sʰɛi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡sʰɛj/
Li
Rong 		/t͡sʰei/
Wang
Li 		/t͡sʰiei/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/t͡sʰiei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		qī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		cai1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 淒
Reading # 1/1
No. 9915
Phonetic
component 		妻
Rime
group 		脂
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		妻
Old
Chinese 		/*sʰiːl/

Definitions

淒

  1. chilly; cold; frigid
  2. (alt. form 悽) miserable; sorrowful; sad

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

淒

  1. (Hokkien) to go downhill; to decline; to be on the wane
  2. (Quanzhou Hokkien) to suspend
Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji

淒

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): せい (sei)、さい (sai)
  • Kun: さむい (samui)

Korean

Hanja

淒 • (cheo) (hangeul 처, revised cheo, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏ, Yale che)

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Vietnamese

Han character

淒: Hán Nôm readings: thê

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