㜎

㜎 U+370E, 㜎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-370E ← 㜍 [U+370D] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 㜏 → [U+370F]

Translingual

Han character

㜎 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女月女大 (VBVK), composition ⿰女奚)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 269, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1072, character 9
• Unihan data for U+370E

Chinese

simp. and trad.		㜎

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 奚 (OC *ɡeː).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: si
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹
    • Yale: syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hai⁴
    • Yale: hàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐi̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: hej

Rime
Character	㜎
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	胡雞切
Baxter	hej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦei/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦei/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɛj/
Li Rong	/ɣei/
Wang Li	/ɣiei/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hai4

Definitions

㜎

1. ^† female slave

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xì (xi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sì
    • Wade–Giles: hsi⁴
    • Yale: syì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shih
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹/

Definitions

㜎

1. ^‡ lacking in courage; timid
2. ^‡ jealous woman