絺

Translingual

Han character

絺 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女火大大月 (VFKKB), four-corner 2492₇, composition ⿰糹希)

1. fine linen
2. fine hemp fiber

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 924, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27471
• Dae Jaweon: page 1359, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3405, character 13
• Unihan data for U+7D7A

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Chinese

trad.		絺
simp.		𫄨

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
桸	*hral, *hlɯl
郗	*l̥ʰɯl
絺	*l̥ʰɯl
脪	*l̥ʰɯl, *hrɯnʔ, *hlɯns
瓻	*l̥ʰɯl
希	*hlɯl
晞	*hlɯl
莃	*hlɯl
鵗	*hlɯl
稀	*hlɯl
睎	*hlɯl
豨	*hlɯl, *hlɯlʔ
悕	*hlɯl
俙	*hlɯl, *hlɯlʔ
欷	*hlɯl, *hlɯls
浠	*hlɯl
唏	*hlɯlʔ, *hlɯls

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chī, zhǐ (chi¹, zhi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ, ㄓˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chī
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chih
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹
    • Yale: chr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy
    • Palladius: чи (či)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chih³
    • Yale: jř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyy
    • Palladius: чжи (čži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ci¹
    • Yale: chī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: trhij

Rime
Character	絺
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	丑飢切
Baxter	trhij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰˠiɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰᵚi/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰiɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰji/
Li Rong	/ȶʰji/
Wang Li	/ȶʰi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶʰi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ci1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰrəj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰɯl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	絺
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chī
Middle Chinese	‹ trhij ›
Old Chinese	/*qʰrəj/ (dialect: *qʰr- > *r̥- > trh-)
English	fine cloth
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	絺
Reading #	1/1
No.	13247
Phonetic component	希
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	絺
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰɯl/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

絺

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. fine linen
2. fine hemp fiber

Readings

• On (unclassified): ち (chi)
• Kun: ほそぬの (hosonuno)

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Korean

Hanja

絺 • (chi) (hangeul 치, revised chi, McCune–Reischauer ch'i, Yale chi)

1. fine hemp cloth