癡

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See also: 痴
癡 U+7661, 癡
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7661
← 癠
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 癢 →

Translingual

Han character

癡 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+14, 19 strokes, cangjie input 大心大人 (KPKO), four-corner 00181, composition ⿸疒疑)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 782, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22591
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1191, character 28
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2702, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+7661

Chinese

trad. 癡/痴
simp. 痴

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (疑) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
礙 *ŋɯːs
儗 *ŋɯːs, *hŋɯːs, *ŋɯʔ, *ŋɯs
懝 *ŋɯːs, *ŋɯɡ
譺 *ŋrɯːs, *ŋɯʔ, *ŋɯs
癡 *ŋ̊ʰl'ɯ
疑 *ŋɯ
嶷 *ŋɯ, *ŋɯɡ
觺 *ŋɯ
擬 *ŋɯʔ
薿 *ŋɯʔ, *ŋɯɡ
凝 *ŋrɯŋ, *ŋrɯŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋ̊ʰl'ɯ): semantic 疒 + phonetic 疑 (OC *ŋɯ).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 癡
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 徹 (10)
Final (韻) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 丑之切
Baxter trhi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʈʰɨ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʈʰɨ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȶʰie/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʈʰɨ/
Li
Rong 		/ȶʰiə/
Wang
Li 		/ȶʰĭə/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ȶʰi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		chī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ci1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 癡
Reading # 1/1
No. 14893
Phonetic
component 		疑
Rime
group 		之
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		癡
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋ̊ʰl'ɯ/

Definitions

癡

  1. Alternative form of 痴 (chī)

Japanese

Shinjitai

痴

Kyūjitai

癡

Kanji

癡

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 痴)

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Readings

  • Go-on: ち (chi)
  • Kan-on: ち (chi)
  • Kun: おろか (oroka)

Korean

Hanja

癡 • (chi) (hangeul 치, revised chi, McCune–Reischauer ch'i, Yale chi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

癡 (si, ngây)

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