徯

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Translingual

Han character

徯 (Kangxi radical 60, 彳+10, 13 strokes, Cangjie input 竹人月女大 (HOBVK), four-corner 2223₄, composition ⿰彳奚)

1. wait for, await, expect, hope

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 370, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10204
• Dae Jaweon: page 697, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 839, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5FAF

Chinese

trad.		徯
simp. #		徯
alternative forms		傒

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 徯
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī, xí (xi¹, xi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ, ㄒㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hai⁴ / hai⁵
• Southern Min (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): hi¹

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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/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sí
    • Wade–Giles: hsi²
    • Yale: syí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyi
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hai⁴ / hai⁵
    • Yale: hàih / háih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hai⁴ / hai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: hei⁴ / hei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐi̯²¹/, /hɐi̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Leizhou)
    • Leizhou Pinyin: hi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hi³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: hej, xejX

Rime
Character	徯	徯
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	胡雞切	胡禮切
Baxter	hej	xejX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦei/	/heiX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦei/	/heiX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɛi/	/xɛiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɛj/	/hɛjX/
Li Rong	/ɣei/	/xeiX/
Wang Li	/ɣiei/	/xieiX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣiei/	/xieiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xí	xǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hai4	hai2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡeː/, /*ɡeːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	徯	徯
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	13366	13375
Phonetic component	奚	奚
Rime group	支	支
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	奚	徯
Old Chinese	/*ɡeː/	/*ɡeːʔ/

Definitions

徯

1. (archaic) to wait for
2. (archaic) alternative form of 蹊 (“footpath”)

Compounds

• 徯倖 / 徯幸
• 徯徑 / 徯径
• 徯落

Further reading

• “徯”, 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–

Japanese

Kanji

徯

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. wait for
2. await, expect, hope

Readings

• Go-on: けい (kei)、げい (gei)
• Kan-on: けい (kei)
• Kun: こみち (komichi, 徯)、もつ (motsu, 徯つ)

Korean

Hanja

徯 • (hye) (hangeul 혜)

1. wait for
2. dangerous
3. pathway