燮

Translingual

Han character

燮 (radical 86 火+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 火火水 (FFE), four-corner 9940₇, composition ⿱⿲火言火又)

1. harmonize, blend
2. adjust

References

• KangXi: page 685, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19481
• Dae Jaweon: page 1098, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 402, character 12
• Unihan data for U+71EE

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		燮

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiè (xie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sip³, sit³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˋ
    • Wade-Giles: hsieh⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieh
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sip³, sit³
    • Yale: sip, sit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sip⁸, sit⁸
    • IPA ^(key): /siːp̚³/, /siːt̚³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (燮, reconstructed)
Character (燮), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 心 (16) Final: 怗 Division: IV			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 蘇協切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/sep̚/	/siep̚/	/sep̚/	/sep̚/	/sɛp̚/	/siep̚/	/sɛp̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (燮, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
燮								xiè								‹ sep ›								/*s.qʰˤ(r)ip/								harmonious
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
燮					13797					燮					盍					2					燮					/*seːb/

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Japanese

Kanji

燮

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: しょう (shō)
• Kun: やわらげる (yawarageru)

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Korean

Hanja

燮 (seop)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 섭 (revised: seop, McCune-Reischauer: sŏp, Yale: sep)

• Name (hangeul): 불꽃()

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