萋

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萋 U+840B, 萋
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-840B
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Translingual

Han character

萋 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿十中女 (TJLV), four-corner 44404, composition ⿱艹妻)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1041, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31264
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1499, character 24
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3232, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+840B

Chinese

trad. 萋
simp. # 萋

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (妻) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
妻 *sʰiːl, *sʰiːls
萋 *sʰiːl
淒 *sʰiːl
凄 *sʰiːl
悽 *sʰiːl
鶈 *sʰiːl
郪 *sʰiːl, *sʰil
緀 *sʰiːl, *sʰiːlʔ
霋 *sʰiːl
棲 *siːl

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 萋
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 清 (14)
Final (韻) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 七稽切
Baxter tshej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡sʰei/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡sʰei/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡sʰɛi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡sʰɛj/
Li
Rong 		/t͡sʰei/
Wang
Li 		/t͡sʰiei/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/t͡sʰiei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		qī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		cai1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 萋
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		qī
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tshej ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁəj/
English ample, rich, luxuriant

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 萋
Reading # 1/1
No. 9914
Phonetic
component 		妻
Rime
group 		脂
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		妻
Old
Chinese 		/*sʰiːl/

Definitions

萋

  1. (of vegetation) luxuriant; lush; abundant
  2. Used in 萋斐.

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

萋

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): せい (sei)、さい (sai)、し (shi)

Korean

Hanja

萋 • (cheo) (hangeul 처, revised cheo, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏ, Yale che)

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