坄

坄 U+5744, 坄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5744 ← 坃 [U+5743] CJK Unified Ideographs 坅 → [U+5745]

Translingual

Han character

坄 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 土竹弓水 (GHNE), composition ⿰土殳)

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 224, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4913
• Dae Jaweon: page 459, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 426, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5744

Chinese

simp. and trad.		坄

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (役) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
椺	*ɦmluːʔ, *ɢʷeːɡs, *ɢeːɡ
役	*ɢʷeɡ
疫	*ɢʷeɡ
垼	*ɢʷeɡ
炈	*ɢʷeɡ
鈠	*ɢʷeɡ
豛	*ɢʷeɡ
坄	*doː, *leɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *doː, *leɡ) : semantic 土 (“earth”) + phonetic 殳 (OC *djo).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yì
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴
    • Yale: yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jik⁶
    • Yale: yihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: duw, ywek

Rime
Character	坄	坄
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)	昔 (124)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	度侯切	營隻切
Baxter	duw	ywek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dəu/	/jwiᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/dəu/	/jʷiɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/dəu/	/iuæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəw/	/jwiajk̚/
Li Rong	/du/	/iuɛk̚/
Wang Li	/dəu/	/jĭwɛk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱə̯u/	/i̯wɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tóu	yù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tau4	wik6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*doː/, /*leɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	坄	坄
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	11719	15012
Phonetic component	殳	役
Rime group	侯	錫
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	頭	役
Old Chinese	/*doː/	/*leɡ/
Notes	訛讀，本讀營隻切

Definitions

坄

1. brick kiln chimney