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Translingual
Han character
肅 (Kangxi radical 129, 聿+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 中難 (LX), four-corner 50227, composition ⿻肀𣶒(GJKT) or ⿻𦘒𣶒(H))
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 971, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29225
- Dae Jaweon: page 1423, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3169, character 4
- Unihan data for U+8085
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 簫
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*sɯːw
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| 蕭
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*sɯːw
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| 瀟
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*sɯːw
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| 潚
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*sɯːw, *sɯwɢ
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| 彇
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*sɯːw
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| 蟰
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*sɯːw, *sɯwɢ
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| 橚
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*sɯːw, *sɯwɢ
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| 嘯
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*sɯːwɢs
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| 歗
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*sɯːwɢs
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| 熽
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*sɯːwɢs
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| 繡
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*sɯwɢs
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| 鏽
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*sɯwɢs
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| 肅
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*sɯwɢ
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| 鷫
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*sɯwɢ
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| 驌
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*sɯwɢ
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| 鱐
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*sɯwɢ
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| 璛
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*sɯwɢ
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Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 𦘒 (“hand holding brush”) + 𣶒 (“abyss”). Uncertain. One interpretation says it depicts a person sweeping or walking with a staff near an abyss, conveying solemnity or respectful handling of affairs.
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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肅
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肅
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肅
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肅
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肅
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| Reading #
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1/5
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2/5
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3/5
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4/5
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5/5
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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sù
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sù
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sù
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sù
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sù
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ sjuwk ›
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‹ sjuwk ›
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‹ sjuwk ›
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‹ sjuwk ›
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‹ sjuwk ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*siwk/
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/*siwk/
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/*siwk/
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/*siwk/
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/*siwk/
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| English
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solemn, severe
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contract (v.); shrivel
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present (v.)
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beat (v.)
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eager; swift
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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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肅
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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12125
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Phonetic
component
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肅
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Rime
group
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覺
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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肅
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Old
Chinese
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/*sɯwɢ/
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Definitions
肅
- respectful
- solemn
- 肅靜／肃静 ― sùjìng ― solemnly silent
- to rectify; to tighten; to strengthen
- to eliminate
- 肅清／肃清 ― sùqīng ― to eliminate; to purge
- a surname
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
肅
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 粛)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
肅 • (suk) (hangeul 숙, revised suk, McCune–Reischauer suk, Yale swuk)
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Vietnamese
Han character
肅: Hán Nôm readings: túc
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