奚

Translingual

Han character

奚 (Kangxi radical 37, 大+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月女戈大 (BVIK), four-corner 2043₀, composition ⿱⿱爫幺大)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 252, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5930
• Dae Jaweon: page 514, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 541, character 11
• Unihan data for U+595A

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Chinese

trad.		奚
simp. #		奚

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
謑	*qʰraːs, *qʰreːs, *ɡeːʔ
膎	*ɡreː
鞵	*ɡreː
榽	*ɡreː, *ɡeː
鷄	*keː
雞	*keː
谿	*kʰeː
嵠	*kʰeː
溪	*kʰeː
磎	*kʰeː
螇	*kʰeː, *ɡeː
鸂	*kʰeː
奚	*ɡeː
豯	*ɡeː
徯	*ɡeː, *ɡeːʔ
蹊	*ɡeː
騱	*ɡeː
傒	*ɡeː
鼷	*ɡeː
蒵	*ɡeː, *ɡeːs
貕	*ɡeː
慀	*ɡeːs

Etymology

Cognate with 何 (OC *ɡaːl, “what; where; why; how”). See there for more.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hai⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hê

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hi¹ / hi⁵

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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/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hê
    • Tâi-lô: hê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hee
    • IPA (Xiamen): /he²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /he²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /he¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /he²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /he²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hi¹ / hi⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hi / hî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hi³³/, /hi⁵⁵/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 奚
Mandarin	Beijing	/ɕi⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/ɕi⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/ɕi²¹/
	Jinan	/ɕi²¹³/
	Qingdao	/ɕi²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/ɕi²⁴/
	Xi'an	/ɕi²¹/
	Xining	/ɕi⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ɕi⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/ɕi⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/ɕi⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/ɕi⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/ɕi⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/ɕi⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/ɕi²⁴/
	Hefei	/sz̩²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/ɕi¹¹/
	Pingyao
	Hohhot	/ɕi³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/ɕi⁵³/ /ɦi²³/
	Suzhou	/ɦi¹³/
	Hangzhou	/ɦi²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/ji³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕʰi³¹/
	Tunxi
Xiang	Changsha	/ɕi³³/
	Xiangtan	/ɕi³³/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/hi⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/hɐi²¹/
	Nanning	/hɐi²¹/
	Hong Kong	/hɐi²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/he³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/hie⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/xi⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/hi⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/hi²³/

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• Middle Chinese: hej

Rime
Character	奚
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

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤe/, /*[ɡ]ˤe/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡeː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	奚	奚
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xī	xī
Middle Chinese	‹ hej ›	‹ hej ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ˁe/ (dial. for 何 *[ɡ]ˁaj?)	/*[ɡ]ˁe/
English	why, what	slave, servant
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	奚
Reading #	1/1
No.	13364
Phonetic component	奚
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	奚
Old Chinese	/*ɡeː/
Notes	說文作籀文系省聲， 甲金文象抓索辮人爲奴

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 奚

1. ^† where? what? how? why?

   子路曰：「衛君待子而為政，子將奚先？」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   子路曰：「卫君待子而为政，子将奚先？」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

   Zǐlù yuē: “Wèi jūn dài zǐ ér wèizhèng, zǐ jiāng xī xiān?” [Pinyin]

   Zi Lu said, "The ruler of Wei has been waiting for you, in order with you to administer the government. What will you consider the first thing to be done?"

   或謂孔子曰：「子奚不為政？」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   或谓孔子曰：「子奚不为政？」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

   Huò wèi kǒngzǐ yuē: “Zǐ xī bù wèizhèng?” [Pinyin]

   Some one addressed Confucius, saying, "Sir, why are you not engaged in the government?"

   彼且奚適也？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   彼且奚适也？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

   Bǐ qiě xī shì yě? [Pinyin]

   Where is it going to?

2. ^† servant
3. the Xi (Kumo Xi) people

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Japanese

Kanji

奚

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. servant
2. what
3. why

Readings

• On (unclassified): けい (kei)
• Kun: なんぞ (nanzo)

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Korean

Hanja

奚 • (hae) (hangeul 해, revised hae, McCune–Reischauer hae)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 奚 (hề)

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