霎

Translingual

Han character

霎 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 一月卜廿女 (MBYTV), four-corner 1040₄, composition ⿱雨妾)

1. light rain, drizzle
2. an instant
3. passing

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1375, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42322
• Dae Jaweon: page 1884, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4068, character 6
• Unihan data for U+970E

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Chinese

trad.		霎
simp. #		霎

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
霎	*sreːb, *sreb
翣	*sraːb
帹	*sraːb
接	*ʔseb
椄	*ʔseb
菨	*ʔseb
鯜	*ʔseb, *sʰeb
妾	*sʰeb
淁	*sʰeb
踥	*sʰeb

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shà (sha⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saap³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sap / tiap / tia̍p

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shà
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shà
    • Wade–Giles: sha⁴
    • Yale: shà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shah
    • Palladius: ша (ša)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: saap³
    • Yale: saap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sab³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːp̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sap
    • Tâi-lô: sap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sab
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sap̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sap̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiap
    • Tâi-lô: tiap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diab
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiap̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tia̍p
    • Tâi-lô: tia̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diap
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiap̚⁴/

Note:

• sap - literary;
• tiap/tia̍p - 輒 is used in the Mainland..

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• Middle Chinese: srjep, sreap

Rime
Character	霎	霎
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	生 (21)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	葉 (156)	洽 (152)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	山輒切	山洽切
Baxter	srjep	sreap
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠiᴇp̚/	/ʃˠɛp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚiɛp̚/	/ʃᵚæp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃiæp̚/	/ʃɐp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂjiap̚/	/ʂəɨp̚/
Li Rong	/ʃjɛp̚/	/ʃɐp̚/
Wang Li	/ʃĭɛp̚/	/ʃɐp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂi̯ɛp̚/	/ʂăp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	she	sha
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sip3	saap3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sreːb/, /*sreb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	霎	霎
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	10460	10471
Phonetic component	妾	妾
Rime group	盍	盍
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	霎	萐
Old Chinese	/*sreːb/	/*sreb/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 霎

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Japanese

Kanji

霎

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←せふ (sefu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←せふ (sefu, historical)}; そう (sō)^{←さふ (safu, historical)}
• Kun: こさめ (kosame, 霎)

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Korean

Hanja

霎 • (sap) (hangeul 삽, revised sap, McCune–Reischauer sap, Yale sap)

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