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Translingual
Han character
稚 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹木人土 (HDOG), four-corner 20914, composition ⿰禾隹)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 855, character 9
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25120
- Dae Jaweon: page 1280, character 14
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2613, character 10
- Unihan data for U+7A1A
Chinese
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *l'ils) : semantic 禾 (“rice”) + phonetic 屖 (OC *sliːl).
During the Han Dynasty, the 屖 component was commonly substituted with 隹 (zhuī).
Etymology
Related to 遲 (OC *l'il, “slow; late”) (Liu, 1999; Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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稚
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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zhì
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Middle Chinese
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‹ drijH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*lrəj-s/
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English
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young
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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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稚
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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17388
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Phonetic component
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稚
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Rime group
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脂
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Rime subdivision
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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緻
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Old Chinese
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/*l'ils/
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Notes
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說文作稺,此疑雉省聲
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Definitions
稚
- † immature grain
- ⁜ young; infantile; immature
- ⁜ child; infant
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
稚
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
- immature
- young
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 稚 (MC drijH). Recorded as Middle Korean 티〯 (thǐ) (Yale: thi) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
Wikisource
稚 (eumhun 어릴 치 (eoril chi))
- Hanja form? of 치 (“infantile”).
Compounds
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.