僿

Translingual

Han character

僿 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+13, 15 strokes, cangjie input 人十廿土 (OJTG), four-corner 2321₄, composition ⿰亻塞)

1. small, minute
2. lacking sincerity

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 118, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1171
• Dae Jaweon: page 251, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 229, character 3
• Unihan data for U+50FF

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		僿

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
賽	*slɯːɡs
塞	*slɯːɡs, *slɯːɡ
簺	*slɯːɡs
僿	*hljɯɡs
寨	*zraːds, *slɯːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sài (sai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ / sai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sài
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sài
    • Wade–Giles: sai⁴
    • Yale: sài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: say
    • Palladius: сай (saj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: si¹ / sai³
    • Yale: sī / sai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ / sai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ / sei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵/, /sɐi̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: syiH

Rime
Character	僿
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	式吏切
Baxter	syiH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕɨH/
Li Rong	/ɕiəH/
Wang Li	/ɕĭəH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljɯɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	僿
Reading #	1/1
No.	10960
Phonetic component	塞
Rime group	代
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	試
Old Chinese	/*hljɯɡs/
Notes	見史記

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 僿

1. small, minute
2. lacking sincerity

References

• “僿”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

僿

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): し (shi), さい (sai)
• Kun: うすい (usui), まことがない (makotoganai)

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Korean

Hanja

僿 • (sa) (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune–Reischauer sa)

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