毸

毸 U+6BF8, 毸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6BF8 ← 毷 [U+6BF7] CJK Unified Ideographs 毹 → [U+6BF9]

Translingual

Han character

毸 (Kangxi radical 82, 毛+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹山田心 (HUWP), four-corner 2671₃, composition ⿺毛思)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 594, character 37
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16895
• Dae Jaweon: page 986, character 30
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2002, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6BF8

Chinese

simp. and trad.		毸
alternative forms		毢 𣯧 𣯯

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
崽	*ʔslɯːʔ, *srɯː, *srɯː
偲	*sn̥ʰɯː, *snɯ
腮	*snɯː
鰓	*snɯː
揌	*snɯː
顋	*snɯː
愢	*snɯː
毢	*snɯː
諰	*srɯː, *snɯʔ
細	*snɯːls
思	*snɯ, *snɯs
緦	*snɯ
罳	*snɯ
禗	*snɯ
楒	*snɯ
葸	*snɯʔ
恖	*snɯ
颸	*sʰrɯ
囟	*snɯns
顖	*sniŋs
毸	*snɯː

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sāi, suī (sai¹, sui¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄞ, ㄙㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sai
    • Wade–Giles: sai¹
    • Yale: sāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sai
    • Palladius: сай (saj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saɪ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suī
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suei
    • Wade–Giles: sui¹
    • Yale: swēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suei
    • Palladius: суй (suj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soi¹
    • Yale: sōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: soi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔːi̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: swoj

Rime
Character	毸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	素回切
Baxter	swoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/suʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/suoi/
Shao Rongfen	/suɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/swəj/
Li Rong	/suᴀi/
Wang Li	/suɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/suɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	suī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seoi1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*snɯː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	毸
Reading #	1/1
No.	13848
Phonetic component	囟
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	𤗯
Old Chinese	/*snɯː/
Notes	毰毸聯綿同化音變， 原注出楚詞未知所據

Definitions

毸

1. Used in 毰毸 (péisāi).

Compounds

• 毰毸