罅

Translingual

Han character

罅 (Kangxi radical 121, 缶+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 人山卜心木 (OUYPD), four-corner 8174₉, composition ⿰缶虖)

Derived characters

• 嚹

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 945, character 47
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28169
• Dae Jaweon: page 1386, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2938, character 16
• Unihan data for U+7F45

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Chinese

trad.		罅
simp. #		罅

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
罅	*qʰraːs
呼	*qʰaː
軤	*qʰaː
苸	*qʰaː
嘑	*qʰaː
歑	*qʰaː
謼	*qʰaː, *qʰaːs
滹	*qʰaː
乎	*ɢaː
虖	*qʰaː, *qʰʷa, *qʰaː, *qʰʷa
嫭	*ɢaːs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xià (xia⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laa³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): la

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xià
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sià
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴
    • Yale: syà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiah
    • Palladius: ся (sja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: laa³
    • Yale: la
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: la³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laː³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: la
    • Hakka Romanization System: la
    • Hagfa Pinyim: la⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /la⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xaeH

Rime
Character	罅
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	呼訝切
Baxter	xaeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠaH/
Pan Wuyun	/hᵚaH/
Shao Rongfen	/xaH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/haɨH/
Li Rong	/xaH/
Wang Li	/xaH/
Bernard Karlgren	/xaH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xià
Expected Cantonese Reflex	haa3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰraːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	罅
Reading #	1/1
No.	5180
Phonetic component	乎
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	嚇
Old Chinese	/*qʰraːs/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 罅

1. crack; gap; rift; split (Classifier: 條／条 c)

   喺A環同B環之間有條罅，呢條罅係由天文學家卡西尼發現，因此命名為卡西尼環縫。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   喺A环同B环之间有条罅，呢条罅系由天文学家卡西尼发现，因此命名为卡西尼环缝。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   From: 2006, Cantonese Wikipedia, (deprecated template usage) 土星 (tou² sing¹)

   hai² ei¹ waan⁴ tung⁴ bi¹ waan⁴ zi¹ gaan¹ jau⁵ tiu⁴ laa³, nei¹ tiu⁴ laa³ hai⁶ jau⁴ tin¹ man⁴ hok⁶ gaa¹ kaa¹ sai¹ nei⁴ faat³ jin⁶, jan¹ ci² ming⁶ ming⁴ wai⁴ kaa¹ sai¹ nei⁴ waan⁴ fung⁴. [Jyutping]

   There is a gap in between the A Ring and B Ring; this gap was discovered by the astronomer Cassini and is thus named the Cassini Division.

Synonyms

• 縫／缝 (féng)

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Japanese

Kanji

罅

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: け (ke)
• Kan-on: か (ka)
• Kun: ひび (hibi, 罅); すきま (sukima, 罅)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
罅
ひび Hyōgai
kun'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

罅(ひび) or 罅(ヒビ) • (hibi) 

1. crack

   家(いえ)の壁(かべ)にひびが入(はい)る

   ie no kabe ni hibi ga hairu

   the walls of the houses have cracks

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Korean

Hanja

罅 • (ha) (hangeul 하, revised ha, McCune–Reischauer ha, Yale ha)

1. crack, fissure, split