溪

See also: 渓

Translingual

Han character

溪 (radical 85 水+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水月女大 (EBVK), four-corner 3213₄)

1. mountain stream, creek

See also

• 川
• 河
• 江

References

• KangXi: page 640, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17967
• Dae Jaweon: page 1047, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1702, character 9
• Unihan data for U+6EAA

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		溪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: xī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
    • Wade-Giles: hsih¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kai¹
    • Yale: kāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kai¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɐi̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (溪, reconstructed)
Character (溪), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 溪 (29) Final: 齊 Division: IV			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 苦奚切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kʰei/	/kʰiei/	/kʰei/	/kʰei/	/kʰɛj/	/kʰiei/	/kʰɛi/

Old Chinese pronunciation (溪, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
溪								xī								‹ khej ›								/*kʰˤe/								valley with stream in it
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
溪					13360					奚					支					0					谿					/*kʰeː/					同谿

Definitions

溪

1. stream; creek; brook; rivulet; rill

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Japanese

Kanji

溪

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: けい (kei)
• Kun: たに (tani)

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Korean

Hanja

溪 (gye)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 계 (revised: gye, McCune-Reischauer: kye, Yale: kyey)

• Name (hangeul): 시내()

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Vietnamese

Han character

溪 (khê, khe)

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