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Translingual
Han character
瀨 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+16, 19 strokes, cangjie input 水木中金 (EDLC), four-corner 31186, composition ⿰氵賴)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 660, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18672
- Dae Jaweon: page 1070, character 13
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1782, character 5
- Unihan data for U+7028
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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賴
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*raːds
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籟
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*raːds
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癩
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*raːds, *raːd
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瀨
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*raːds
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藾
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*raːds
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攋
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*raːds, *reːdʔ, *raːd
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懶
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*raːnʔ
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嬾
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*raːnʔ
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獺
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*r̥ʰaːd, *hr'aːd
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *raːds) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 賴 (OC *raːds).
Etymology 1
As this word appeared in texts about ancient Eastern Yue (now Min) area and Chen Zan remarked that it was a Wu-Yue word, Schuessler (2007) speculates that it has Austroasiatic origin, comparing it to Wa-Lawa-Bulang *rah "rapids, waterfall" & Old Khmer rat (“to move swiftly, to run”), possibly derived from a root meaning "swift". Proto-Min *l̥aiꟲ is identical to Proto-Tai *hla:iᴮ¹.
Possibly unrelated to 濿 (OC *m·rads) "a ford".
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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瀨
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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lài
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Middle Chinese
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‹ lajH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*C.rˁa-s/
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English
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rapids
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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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瀨
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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7634
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Phonetic component
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賴
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Rime group
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祭
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Rime subdivision
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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賴
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Old Chinese
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/*raːds/
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Definitions
瀨
- rapids; swift current
- (Hokkien) shallow part of a river with a rapid current
Synonyms
- (rapids): (literary) 湍流 (tuānliú)
Compounds
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Same word as 賴 "to leave behind"?”)
Pronunciation
Definitions
瀨
- (Cantonese) to pass (urine or feces) involuntarily
我就嚟急到瀨喇,可唔可以去廁所呀? [Cantonese, trad.]
我就嚟急到濑喇,可唔可以去厕所呀? [Cantonese, simp.]- ngo5 zau6 lei4 gap1 dou3 laai6 laa3, ho2 m4 ho2 ji5 heoi3 ci3 so2 aa3?
- I need to go so badly that I'm going to wet myself. Can I go to the washroom?
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
瀨
(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 瀬)
- swift current
- rapids
Readings
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 瀨 (MC lajH). Recorded as Middle Korean 뢰〮 (lwóy) (Yale: lwoy) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
Wikisource
瀨 (eumhun 여울 뢰 (yeoul roe), word-initial (South Korea) 여울 뇌 (yeoul noe))
- hanja form? of 뢰/뇌 (“rapids”)
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.