𧉟

𧉟 U+2725F, 𧉟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-2725F ← 𧉞 [U+2725E] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B 𧉠 → [U+27260]

Translingual

Han character

𧉟 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 中戈戈口 (LIIR), composition ⿰虫台)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1079, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2846, character 9
• Unihan data for U+2725F

Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		𧉟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tāi (tai¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tai
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai¹
    • Yale: tāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tai
    • Palladius: тай (taj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: thoj

Rime
Character	𧉟
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	土來切
Baxter	thoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰəi/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰəj/
Li Rong	/tʰᴀi/
Wang Li	/tʰɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tāi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	toi1

Definitions

𧉟

1. ^† black shell

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		𧉟

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tâi

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâi
    • Tâi-lô: tâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tai²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tai²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai²³/

Definitions

𧉟

1. (Hokkien) mite (tiny pests that grow in the feathers of fowl and in grains)

Compounds

• 米𧉟
• 糠𧉟
• 雞𧉟／鸡𧉟

 

References

• “Query for 𧉟”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.