細

See also 细

Translingual

Han character

細 (radical 120 糸+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女火田 (VFW), four-corner 2690₀, composition ⿰糸田)

1. fine, tiny
2. slender, thin

References

• KangXi: page 919, character 36
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27344
• Dae Jaweon: page 1351, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3380, character 5
• Unihan data for U+7D30

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Cantonese

Hanzi

細 (simplified 细, Yale sai3)

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Japanese

Kanji

細 (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. thin, fine
2. slender

Readings

• On: せい (sei), さい (sai)
• Kun: ほそい (細い, hosoi), こまかい (細かい, komakai), ささやか (細やか, sasayaka)

Compounds

• 細菌 (さいきん, saikin, “bacterium, germ”)
• 細部 (さいぶ, saibu, “details, minor”)
• 細分 (さいぶん, saibun, “divide into small portions”)
• 細分化 (さいぶんか, saibunka, “fragmentation”)
• 細胞 (さいぼう, saibō, “cell”)
• 細目 (さいもく, saimoku, “details”)
• 繊細 (せんさい, sensai, “delicate, sensitive”)

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Korean

Hanja

細 (hangeul 세, revised se, McCune-Reischauer se, Yale sye)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

細 (simplified 细, pinyin xì (xi4), yì (yi4), Wade-Giles hsi⁴, i⁴)

Compounds

• 細菌
• 細胞

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Vietnamese

Han character

細 (tế, tới, té, tí, tỉ)