虒

Translingual

Han character

虒 (radical 141 虍+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹卜心山 (HYPU), four-corner 7121₇, composition ⿸𠂆虎)

1. an amphibious beast resembling a tiger with one horn
2. place name

References

• KangXi: page 1073, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32682
• Dae Jaweon: page 1540, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2819, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8652

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		虒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sī (si¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: sī
    • Zhuyin: ㄙ
    • Wade-Giles: szu¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sy
    • IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹
    • Yale: sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹
    • IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (虒, reconstructed)
Character (虒), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 心 (16) Final: 支 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 息移切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/siᴇ/	/sie̯/	/sie/	/siɛ/	/siə̆/	/sǐe/	/sjɛ/

Old Chinese pronunciation (虒, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
虒								sī								‹ sje ›								/*s.le/								(place name)
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
虒					11976					虒					支					0					斯					/*sle/

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Japanese

Kanji

虒

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: し (shi), てい (tei), だい (dai), ち (chi), じ (ji)
• Kun: けもの (kemono)