淢

淢 U+6DE2, 淢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DE2 ← 淡 [U+6DE1] CJK Unified Ideographs 淣 → [U+6DE3]

Translingual

Han character

淢 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水戈口一 (EIRM), four-corner 3315₀, composition ⿰氵或)

1. ditch

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 630, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17662
• Dae Jaweon: page 1033, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1643, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6DE2

Chinese

simp. and trad.		淢

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
幗	*kʷɯːɡs, *kʷrɯːɡ
慖	*kʷɯːɡs, *kʷrɯːɡ
簂	*kʷɯːɡs
蔮	*kʷɯːɡs
國	*kʷɯːɡ
或	*ɡʷɯːɡ
惑	*ɡʷɯːɡ
蜮	*ɡʷɯːɡ, *ɢʷrɯɡ
閾	*qʰʷrɯɡ
緎	*qʰʷrɯɡ, *ɡʷrɯɡ
淢	*qʰʷrɯɡ, *ɡʷrɯɡ
域	*ɢʷrɯɡ
罭	*ɢʷrɯɡ
棫	*ɡʷrɯɡ
琙	*ɡʷrɯɡ
魊	*ɡʷrɯɡ
馘	*kʷrɯːɡ
聝	*kʷrɯːɡ
膕	*kʷrɯːɡ
摑	*kʷrɯːɡ
漍	*kʷrɯːɡ
嘓	*kʷrɯːɡ
蟈	*kʷrɯːɡ
掝	*qʰʷrɯːɡ
彧	*qʷrɯɡ
稶	*qʷɯɡ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yù (yu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wik⁶, gwik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yù
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yù
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴
    • Yale: yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wik⁶, gwik¹
    • Yale: wihk, gwīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wik⁹, gwik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: wig⁶, guig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɪk̚²/, /kʷɪk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: hwik, xwik

Rime
Character	淢	淢
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	蒸 (135)	蒸 (135)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	雨逼切	況逼切
Baxter	hwik	xwik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦwɨk̚/	/hwɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɨk̚/	/hʷɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuek̚/	/xiuek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwik̚/	/hwik̚/
Li Rong	/ɣiuək̚/	/xiuək̚/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwək̚/	/xĭwək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯wək̚/	/xi̯wək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yù	xu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wik6	hik1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m̥(r)ik/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷrɯɡ/, /*ɡʷrɯɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	淢
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xù
Middle Chinese	‹ xwik ›
Old Chinese	/*m̥(r)ik/
English	channel; moat
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	淢	淢
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	5553	5561
Phonetic component	或	或
Rime group	職	職
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	洫	域
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷrɯɡ/	/*ɡʷrɯɡ/

Definitions

淢

1. rapid stream; rapid; torrent
2. (archaic) grieved; sorrowful
3. (archaic) grief; sorrow

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xù (xu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syù
    • Wade–Giles: hsü⁴
    • Yale: syù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuh
    • Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵¹/

Definitions

淢

1. (archaic) ditch, trench

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): i̍h

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: i̍h
    • Tâi-lô: i̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ih
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iʔ¹²¹/

Definitions

淢

1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to reduce height due to erosion

Japanese

Kanji

淢

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): よく (yoku); いき (iki); いつ (itsu); いち (ichi)
• Kun: はやい (hayai)

Korean

Hanja

淢 • (yeok) (hangeul 역, revised yeok, McCune–Reischauer yŏk, Yale yek)

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Vietnamese

Han character

淢: Hán Nôm readings: vực, vặc, hức

1. ditch (synonym of "hức" 洫)
2. torrent, flow, stream ("vực")

References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville