脆

脆 U+8106, 脆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8106 ← 脅 [U+8105] CJK Unified Ideographs 脇 → [U+8107]

Translingual

Han character

脆 (radical 130, 肉+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月弓一山 (BNMU), four-corner 7721₂, composition ⿰⺼危)

References

• KangXi: page 982, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29468
• Dae Jaweon: page 1434, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2069, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8106

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Chinese

trad.		脆
simp. #		脆
alternative forms		膬 脺 脃

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
蕝	*ʔsods, *ʔsod
脃	*sʰods
脆	*sʰods
絕	*zod

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cuì (cui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhe / chhoi
• Min Dong (BUC): chuói
• Min Nan (POJ): chhùi / chhèr / chhè
• Wu (Wiktionary): qoe (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: cuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄟˋ
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻui4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuey
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cuèi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰweɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceoi³
    • Yale: cheui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰɵy̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhe / chhoi
    • Hakka Romanization System: ce / coi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ce⁴ / coi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰe⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰoi̯⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chuói
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰui²¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhùi
    • Tâi-lô: tshuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhuix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰui¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰui²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhèr
    • Tâi-lô: tshèr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰə⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhè
    • Tâi-lô: tshè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhex
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰe¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰe²¹/

Note:

• chhùi - literary;
• chhèr/chhè - vernacular.

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: qoe (T2)
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰø³⁴/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 脆
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡sʰuei⁵¹/
	Harbin	/t͡sʰuei⁵³/
	Tianjin	/t͡sʰuei⁵³/
	Jinan	/t͡sʰuei²¹/
	Qingdao	/ʈ͡ʂʰue⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/t͡sʰuei³¹²/
	Xi'an	/t͡sʰuei⁴⁴/
	Xining	/t͡sʰuɨ²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/t͡sʰuei⁵³/ 易折損 /t͡sʰuei¹³/ 清～
	Lanzhou	/t͡sʰuei¹³/
	Ürümqi	/t͡sʰuei²¹³/
	Wuhan	/t͡sʰei³⁵/
	Chengdu	/t͡sʰuei¹³/
	Guiyang	/t͡sʰuei²¹³/
	Kunming	/t͡sʰuei²¹²/
	Nanjing	/t͡sʰuəi⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/t͡sʰe⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡sʰuei⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/t͡sʰuei³⁵/
	Hohhot	/t͡sʰuei⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡sʰe³⁵/
	Suzhou	/t͡sʰe̞⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/t͡sʰz̩ʷei⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/t͡sʰai³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕʰye³²⁴/ /t͡ɕʰy³²⁴/
	Tunxi	/t͡sʰe⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡sʰei⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/t͡sʰəi⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡sʰui²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡sʰoi⁵³/
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡sʰøy³³/
	Nanning	/t͡sʰui³³/
	Hong Kong	/t͡sʰøy³³/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/t͡sʰui²¹/ /t͡sʰe²¹/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/t͡sʰuɔi²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/t͡sʰo³³/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/t͡sʰui⁵³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/sui³⁵/ /se³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡sʰiuᴇi^H/

Rime
Character	脆
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	祭 (36)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	此芮切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiuᴇiH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰʷiɛiH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰiuæiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰwiajH/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiuɛiH/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭwɛiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯wɛiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cuì

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[tsʰ]o[t]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰods/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	脆
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cuì
Middle Chinese	‹ tshjwejH ›
Old Chinese	/*[tsʰ]o[t]-s/
English	brittle
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	脆
Reading #	1/1
No.	7250
Phonetic component	絕
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	毳
Old Chinese	/*sʰods/
Notes	俗脃字見老子今本（範本作脃）

Definitions

脆

1. crisp

   脆皮燒肉 / 脆皮烧肉  ―  cuì pí shāoròu  ―  siu yuk with crispy skin

2. (of voices) clear; crisp

   清脆  ―  qīngcuì  ―  clear and crisp

3. brittle; fragile

Compounds

• 乾脆／干脆 (gāncuì)
• 乾脆爽快／干脆爽快
• 浮脆
• 清脆 (qīngcuì)
• 爽脆 (shuǎngcuì)
• 甘脆 (gāncuì)
• 脆促

• 脆弱 (cuìruò)
• 脆快
• 脆快了當／脆快了当
• 脆性 (cuìxìng)
• 脆怯
• 脆生
• 脆薄

• 脆餅／脆饼
• 脆骨 (cuìgǔ)
• 薄脆 (báocuì)
• 輕脆／轻脆
• 迸脆
• 香脆
• 鬆脆／松脆 (sōngcuì)

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Japanese

Kanji

脆

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. brittle
2. fragile
3. easy to beat
4. sentimental
5. susceptible

Readings

• On (unclassified): ぜい (zei); せい (sei)
• Kun: もろい (moroi, 脆い); よわい (yowai, 脆い)

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Korean

Hanja

脆 • (chwi) (hangeul 취, revised chwi, McCune–Reischauer ch'wi, Yale chwi)

1. crisp
2. fragile, frail
3. brittle