脆

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

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

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

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • 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

Chinese[edit]

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

Glyph origin[edit]

Characters in the same phonetic series (絕) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
蕝 *ʔsods, *ʔsod
脃 *sʰods
脆 *sʰods
絕 *zod

Originally 脃. Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sʰods): semantic ⺼ (“meat”) + abbreviated phonetic 絕 (OC *zod).

Pronunciation[edit]

Note:
  • chhùi - literary;
  • chhèr/chhè - vernacular.
  • Wu
    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location 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/
    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
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		ceoi3
    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[edit]

    脆

    1. brittle; fragile
    2. (of food) crisp; crispy
      脆皮燒肉 / 脆皮烧肉  ―  cuì pí shāoròu  ―  siu yuk with crispy skin
    3. (of voices) clear; crisp
      清脆  ―  qīngcuì  ―  clear and crisp
    4. (of speech or action) neat; quick; concise

    Synonyms[edit]

    Dialectal synonyms of 脆 (“crispy”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 脆
    Mandarin Taiwan 脆
    Muping 脆
    Jinan 脆, 酥
    Luoyang 脆, 酥
    Wanrong 脆, 酥
    Xi'an 脆, 酥
    Yinchuan 脆
    Nanjing 酥
    Singapore 脆
    Cantonese Guangzhou 脆, 酥, 爽, 爽脆
    Hong Kong 脆, 酥, 爽, 爽脆
    Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 脆
    Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 脆
    Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 脆
    Dongguan 爽
    Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 脆
    Gan Nanchang 脆, 酥
    Pingxiang 酥
    Hakka Meixian 脆
    Hong Kong 酥
    Senai (Huiyang) 鬆, 酥
    Huizhou Jixi 酥
    Min Dong Fuzhou 酥, 脆
    Min Nan Xiamen 酥
    Quanzhou 酥
    Zhangzhou 酥
    Taipei 酥 GT
    Singapore (Hokkien) 酥
    Chaozhou 酥
    Shantou 酥, 脆
    Jieyang 酥
    Johor Bahru (Teochew) 酥
    Haikou 酥
    Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 脆
    Wu Shanghai 酥
    Shanghai (Chongming) 脆
    Suzhou 脆
    Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

    Compounds[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    脆

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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

    Readings[edit]

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

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

    1. crisp
    2. fragile, frail
    3. brittle

    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    脆: Hán Nôm readings: thúy/thuý

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