皙

Translingual

Han character

皙 (Kangxi radical 106, 白+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木中竹日 (DLHA), four-corner 4260₂, composition ⿱析白)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 788, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22748
• Dae Jaweon: page 1203, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2649, character 14
• Unihan data for U+7699

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		皙

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
菥	*se, *seːɡ
蜤	*se
析	*seːɡ
皙	*seːɡ
蜥	*seːɡ
淅	*seːɡ
惁	*seːɡ
晰	*seːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sik¹
    • Yale: sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: sek

Rime
Character	皙
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	錫 (127)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	先擊切
Baxter	sek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/sek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/sɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/sek̚/
Wang Li	/siek̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/siek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sik1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*seːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	皙
Reading #	1/1
No.	13317
Phonetic component	析
Rime group	錫
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	錫
Old Chinese	/*seːɡ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 皙

1. (literary, of skin) pale; white

   白皙  ―  báixī  ―  [literary] pale-skinned; having a white complexion

2. ^† white
3. ^† a kind of date

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Japanese

Kanji

皙

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. white

Readings

• Go-on: しゃく (shaku)
• Kan-on: せき (seki)
• Kun: しろい (shiroi, 皙い)

Compounds

• 白皙 (はくせき, hakuseki)