尐

尐 U+5C10, 尐 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C10 ← 小 [U+5C0F] CJK Unified Ideographs 少 → [U+5C11]

Translingual

Han character

尐 (radical 42 小+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 火人 (FO), four-corner 9030₀, composition ⿱小乀)

References

• KangXi: page 296, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7474
• Dae Jaweon: page 590, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 561, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5C10

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Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		尐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jié (jie²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zit³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jié
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Wade-Giles: chieh²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jye
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zit³
    • Yale: jit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: jid³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siːt̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡siuᴇt̚/▼

Rime
Character	尐
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	薛 (82)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	姊劣切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siuᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʷiɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjuæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡swiat̚/
Li Rong	/t͡siuɛt̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭuɛt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si̯wɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jue

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsled/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	尐
Reading #	1/1
No.	6437
Phonetic component	尐
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ʔsled/

Definitions

尐

1. ^† few; little

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		尐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jí (ji²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jí
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ
    • Wade-Giles: chih²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyi
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zik¹
    • Yale: jīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚⁵/

Definitions

尐

1. ^† female cicada with patterns

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 尐 – see 啲 (“a few; a little bit; some; the; those; etc.”). (This character, 尐, is a variant form of 啲.)

References

• (Cantonese) Multi-function Chinese Character Database (漢語多功能字庫)

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Japanese

Kanji

尐

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せつ (setsu), せち (sechi), しつ (shitsu), しち (shichi)
• Kun: すくない (sukunai), ちひさい (chihisai)