覀

覀 U+8980, 覀 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8980 ← 西 [U+897F] CJK Unified Ideographs 要 → [U+8981]

See also: 西

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

覀 (radical 146 西+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 一中中田 (MLLW))

1. variant of radical 146 (西)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1128, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 4, page 2805, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8980

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		覀

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (襾) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
賈	*kraːʔ, *kraːs, *klaːʔ
檟	*kraːʔ
價	*kraːs
覀	*qʰraːʔ
襾	*qraːs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: xī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
    • Wade-Giles: hsih¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʔˠa^H/▼

Rime
Character	覀
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	衣嫁切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠaH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚaH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔaH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaɨH/
Li Rong	/ʔaH/
Wang Li	/aH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔaH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yà

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰraːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	覀
Reading #	1/1
No.	14203
Phonetic component	襾
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	㗿
Old Chinese	/*qʰraːʔ/

Definitions

覀

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