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U+7280, 犀
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7280

[U+727F]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+7281]
犀 U+2F924, 犀
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F924
𤘈
[U+2F923]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 犕
[U+2F925]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 93, +8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 尸水竹手 (SEHQ) or 尸卜卜手 (SYYQ), four-corner 77251, composition )

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 701, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20045
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1114, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1815, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+7280

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
2nd round simp. 𰠨
alternative forms

Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *sliːl) : phonetic (OC *mɯlʔ) + semantic (ox).

Etymology

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Possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-sej (rhinoceros).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • sai - vernacular;
  • se - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (16)
Final () (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Baxter sej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/sei/
Pan
Wuyun
/sei/
Shao
Rongfen
/sɛi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/sɛj/
Li
Rong
/sei/
Wang
Li
/siei/
Bernard
Karlgren
/siei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sai1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ sej ›
Old
Chinese
/*s.lˁəj/
English rhinoceros

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 13345
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
西
Old
Chinese
/*sliːl/
Notes

Definitions

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  1. rhinoceros
  2. sharp; hard; well-tempered (as metal)

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Readings

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  • Go-on: さい (sai)
  • Kan-on: せい (sei)
  • Kun: かたい (katai, 犀い)するどい (surudoi, 犀い)

Etymology

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Kanji in this term
さい
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi
 サイ on Japanese Wikipedia

From Middle Chinese (sej).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(さい) or (サイ) (sai

  1. a rhinoceros

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Etymology

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From Middle Chinese (MC sej). Recorded as Middle Korean (sye) (Yale: sye) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun 무소 (muso seo))

  1. hanja form? of (rhinoceros)

Compounds

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References

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  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: [1][2][3][4][5], tây[6]

  1. a rhinoceros

References

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