羿

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羿 U+7FBF, 羿
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7FBF

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

羿 (Kangxi radical 124, +3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 尸一廿 (SMT), four-corner 17442, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 955, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28625
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1400, character 17
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3342, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+7FBF

Chinese

trad. 羿
simp. # 羿

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ŋeːs) : semantic + phonetic (OC *kŋeːn).

Pronunciation


Rime
Character 羿
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (31)
Final () (39)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Baxter ngejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋeiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋeiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋɛiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋɛjH/
Li
Rong
/ŋeiH/
Wang
Li
/ŋieiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋieiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ngai6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 羿
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ ngejH ›
Old
Chinese
/*ˁer-s/
English (name of legendary archer)

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 羿
Reading # 1/1
No. 6155
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋeːs/
Notes

Definitions

羿

  1. (historical) the name of a legendary archer (also called 后羿)
  2. a surname

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

羿

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): げい (gei)

Vietnamese

Han character

羿: Hán Nôm readings: nghệ

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