麝
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Translingual
Han character
麝 (Kangxi radical 198, 鹿+10, 21 strokes, cangjie input 戈心竹竹戈 (IPHHI), four-corner 00241, composition ⿸鹿射(GHTV) or ⿱鹿射(JK))
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1511, character 13
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47682
- Dae Jaweon: page 2039, character 20
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4735, character 4
- Unihan data for U+9E9D
Chinese
| trad. | 麝 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 麝 | |
| alternative forms | 𪋧 | |
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɢljaːɡs, *ɢljaːɡ) : semantic 鹿 + phonetic 射 (OC *ɢljaːɡs, *laːɡs, *ɢljaːɡ, *laːɡ).
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/ɡ-la (“flesh; meat; deer”) (STEDT; Gong Hwang-cherng, 2002; Schuessler, 2007). Compare Tibetan གླ (gla, “musk deer”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): sa5
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): se3
- Northern Min (KCR): iā
- Eastern Min (BUC): siâ
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6zo
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shè
- Wade–Giles: shê4
- Yale: shè
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheh
- Palladius: шэ (šɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂɤ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: se6
- Yale: seh
- Cantonese Pinyin: se6
- Guangdong Romanization: sé6
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɛː²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: sie5
- Sinological IPA (key): /siɛ³²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: sa5
- Sinological IPA (key): /sa¹¹/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sa
- Hakka Romanization System: sa
- Hagfa Pinyim: sa4
- Sinological IPA: /sa⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: se3
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /sɤ⁴⁵/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: iā
- Sinological IPA (key): /ia⁵⁵/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: siâ
- Sinological IPA (key): /siɑ²⁴²/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: zyaeH, zyek
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɢljaːɡs/, /*ɢljaːɡ/
Definitions
麝
Compounds
References
- “麝”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Kanji
麝
- musk deer
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 麝 (MC zyaeH). Recorded as Middle Korean 샤〯 (syǎ) (Yale: sya) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
麝 (eumhun 사향노루 사 (sahyangnoru sa))