溰

Translingual

Han character

溰 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水山一廿 (EUMT), four-corner 3211₉, composition ⿰氵豈)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 640, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17976
• Dae Jaweon: page 1048, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1699, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6EB0

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		溰

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ái (ai²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ái
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ái
    • Wade–Giles: ai²
    • Yale: ái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: air
    • Palladius: ай (aj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ji⁴
    • Yale: yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ngj+j

Rime
Character	溰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	微 (20)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	魚衣切
Baxter	ngj+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨi/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɨj/
Li Rong	/ŋiəi/
Wang Li	/ŋĭəi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋe̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋɯl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	溰
Reading #	1/1
No.	10122
Phonetic component	豈
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	沂
Old Chinese	/*ŋɯl/
Notes	見七發，集韻依廣雅以凒作正體

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 溰

1. (of dew) thick, concentrated

References

• (Cantonese) Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 2), p. 142

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 溰 – see 皚 (“pure white; snow white”). (This character is an ancient form of 皑, which is in turn a variant form of 皚).