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See also: 湿
U+6FD5, 濕
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6FD5

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Japanese 湿
Simplified 湿
Traditional

Han character

(Kangxi radical 85, +14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 水日女火 (EAVF), four-corner 36133, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 655, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18483
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1065, character 20
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1769, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+6FD5

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ŋ̊ʰl'ɯːb, *hŋjɯb) : semantic (water) + phonetic ().

Etymology 1

trad. /
simp. 湿

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2
Initial () (26)
Final () (141)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter syip
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɕiɪp̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɕip̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɕjep̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɕip̚/
Li
Rong
/ɕiəp̚/
Wang
Li
/ɕĭĕp̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ɕi̯əp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sap1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shī
Middle
Chinese
‹ syip ›
Old
Chinese
/*ip/
English to flap (the ears)

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
Reading # 2/2
No. 11447
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*hŋjɯb/
Notes

Definitions

  1. wet; damp; moist; humid
  2. (traditional Chinese medicine) delayed; impassable
  3. to wet; to dampen
  4. (Cantonese, slang) horny (of a woman)

Usage notes

  • In Hokkien, 湿 refers to damp things, used mostly with floorboards, houses, or a wide space, 𪶄 (chhî) refers to slightly moist things, while (tâm) refers to wet things.
Synonyms
  • (wet):
Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of wet): (gān)

Compounds

Etymology 2

trad. /
simp. 湿
alternative forms

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2
Initial () (6)
Final () (160)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter thop
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰʌp̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰəp̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰɒp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰəp̚/
Li
Rong
/tʰᴀp̚/
Wang
Li
/tʰɒp̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/tʰăp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
ta
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
taap3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2
No. 11440
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋ̊ʰl'ɯːb/

Definitions

  1. An ancient river in Shandong

Compounds

Etymology 3

trad. /
simp. 湿

From English shaft.

Pronunciation

Definitions

  1. (Cantonese, vehicles) shaft; driveshaft (Classifier: c)

Compounds

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“low wet land; newly cultivated field; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Japanese

Shinjitai

湿

Kyūjitai

Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanjikyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 湿)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): しつ (shitsu)しゅう (shū)
  • Kun: しめる (shimeru, 濕る)

Korean

Hanja

(seup) (hangeul , revised seup, McCune–Reischauer sŭp, Yale sup)

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: thấp

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