扆

Translingual

Han character

扆 (Kangxi radical 63, 戶+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹尸卜竹女 (HSYHV) or 戈尸卜竹女 (ISYHV), four-corner 3023₂, composition ⿸戶衣 or ⿸户衣)

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References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 416, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11742
• Dae Jaweon: page 761, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2263, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6246

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Chinese

trad.		扆
simp. #		扆

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
哀	*qɯːl
依	*qɯl
衣	*qɯl, *qɯls
扆	*qɯlʔ
庡	*qɯlʔ
偯	*qɯlʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐ (yi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐ
    • Wade–Giles: i³
    • Yale: yǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yii
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ji²
    • Yale: yí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'j+jX

Rime
Character	扆
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	微 (20)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於豈切
Baxter	'j+jX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨiX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɨiX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiəiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɨjX/
Li Rong	/ʔiəiX/
Wang Li	/ĭəiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔe̯iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qɯlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	扆
Reading #	1/1
No.	14838
Phonetic component	衣
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	扆
Old Chinese	/*qɯlʔ/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

扆

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• On (unclassified): い (i); え (e)
• Kun: ついたて (tsuitate)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
扆
い Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 扆 (MC 'j+jX).

Noun

扆(い) • (i) 

1. in ancient China, a special windscreen placed behind the throne, made of red cloth embroidered with a pattern of axes and used during imperial audiences
2. (by extension) the throne itself