緦

See also: 缌

Translingual

Han character

緦 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女火田心 (VFWP), four-corner 2693₀, composition ⿰糹思 or 糸思)

1. fine linen
2. mourning apparel

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 931, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27660
• Dae Jaweon: page 1369, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3427, character 7
• Unihan data for U+7DE6

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Chinese

trad.		緦
simp.		缌

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
崽	*ʔslɯːʔ, *srɯː, *srɯː
偲	*sn̥ʰɯː, *snɯ
腮	*snɯː
鰓	*snɯː
揌	*snɯː
顋	*snɯː
愢	*snɯː
毢	*snɯː
諰	*srɯː, *snɯʔ
細	*snɯːls
思	*snɯ, *snɯs
緦	*snɯ
罳	*snɯ
禗	*snɯ
楒	*snɯ
葸	*snɯʔ
恖	*snɯ
颸	*sʰrɯ
囟	*snɯns
顖	*sniŋs
毸	*snɯː

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sī (si¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sī
    • Zhuyin: ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sih
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ¹
    • Yale: sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sy
    • Palladius: сы (sy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: si¹
    • Yale: sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: si

Rime
Character	緦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	息兹切
Baxter	si
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/sɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/sie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɨ/
Li Rong	/siə/
Wang Li	/sĭə/
Bernard Karlgren	/si/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*snɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	緦
Reading #	1/1
No.	13836
Phonetic component	囟
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	思
Old Chinese	/*snɯ/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

緦

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. thread

Readings

• On (unclassified): し (shi)
• Kun: ぬの (nuno)

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Korean

Hanja

緦 • (si) (hangeul 시, revised si, McCune–Reischauer si, Yale si)

1. coarse cotton cloth used for mourning