骶

骶 U+9AB6, 骶 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9AB6 ← 骵 [U+9AB5] CJK Unified Ideographs 骷 → [U+9AB7]

Translingual

Han character

骶 (Kangxi radical 188, 骨+5, 15 strokes, cangjie input 月月竹女戈 (BBHVI), composition ⿰骨氐)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1448, character 42
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45155
• Dae Jaweon: page 1975, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4409, character 16
• Unihan data for U+9AB6

Chinese

trad.		骶
simp. #		骶

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
低	*tiːl
氐	*tiːl, *til
袛	*tiːl
羝	*tiːl
眡	*tiːl, *djilʔ
岻	*tiːl, *dil
奃	*tiːl
趆	*tiːl, *tiːls
柢	*tiːl, *tiːlʔ, *tiːls
邸	*tiːlʔ
底	*tiːlʔ
詆	*tiːlʔ, *diːl
坻	*tiːlʔ, *tjelʔ, *dil
抵	*tiːlʔ
牴	*tiːlʔ
觝	*tiːlʔ
弤	*tiːlʔ
軧	*tiːlʔ
骶	*tiːls
砥	*tjelʔ, *tjil, *tjilʔ, *tjils
胝	*til
疷	*til
秪	*til
泜	*dil
蚳	*dil
彽	*dil
阺	*dil
貾	*dil
祗	*tjil
厎	*tjilʔ, *tjɯʔ
茋	*tjilʔ
鴟	*tʰjil
汦	*kjeʔ, *tjil

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǐ (di³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǐ
    • Wade–Giles: ti³
    • Yale: dǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dii
    • Palladius: ди (di)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dai²
    • Yale: dái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tejH

Rime
Character	骶
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	都計切
Baxter	tejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/teiH/
Pan Wuyun	/teiH/
Shao Rongfen	/tɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɛjH/
Li Rong	/teiH/
Wang Li	/tieiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/tieiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dai3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tiːls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	骶
Reading #	1/1
No.	2254
Phonetic component	氐
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	帝
Old Chinese	/*tiːls/
Notes	見素問

Definitions

骶

1. (anatomy) sacrum

Compounds

• 髀骶

 

Japanese

Kanji

骶

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Not generally used in Japanese.

1. coccyx: more commonly 尾骨 (bikotsu)
2. butt, backside, posterior: しり (shiri), more commonly spelled 尻

Readings

• Go-on: たい (tai)
• Kan-on: てい (tei)
• Kun: しり (shiri)

Korean

Hanja

骶 • (jeo) (hangeul 저, revised je, McCune–Reischauer che, chŏ, Yale cey, ce)

1. hips
2. coccyx