韘

Translingual

Han character

韘 (Kangxi radical 178, 韋+9, 18 strokes, cangjie input 木手心廿木 (DQPTD), four-corner 4459₄, composition ⿰韋枼)

1. archer's thumb ring

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1394, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43175
• Dae Jaweon: page 1910, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4507, character 16
• Unihan data for U+97D8

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		韘

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
貰	*ɦljebs, *hljebs
跇	*l̥ʰebs, *lebs
迣	*ʔljebs
世	*hljebs
泄	*lebs, *sled
枻	*lebs
詍	*lebs
靾	*lebs
袣	*lebs
抴	*lebs, *led
呭	*lebs
勩	*lebs, *libs
屜	*l̥ʰeːbs
鰈	*l̥ʰaːb, *l'eːb
渫	*zreːb, *sled
煠	*zreːb, *l̥ʰeb, *leb
喋	*rlaːb, *ʔl'eːb, *l'eːb
鞢	*rlaːb, *sleːb
殜	*l'eb, *leb, *lab
葉	*hljeb, *leb
弽	*hljeb, *hleːb
韘	*hljeb, *sleːb
枼	*leb
楪	*leb
揲	*leb, *l'eːb, *ɦljed
鍱	*leb
偞	*leb, *hleːb
蝶	*l̥ʰeːb, *l'eːb
牒	*l'eːb
蹀	*l'eːb
諜	*l'eːb
堞	*l'eːb
牃	*l'eːb
褋	*l'eːb
惵	*l'eːb
碟	*l'eːb
屧	*sleːb
屟	*sleːb
紲	*sled
齛	*sled
疶	*sled
緤	*sled
媟	*sled

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shè (she⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sip³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shè
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shè
    • Wade–Giles: shê⁴
    • Yale: shè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheh
    • Palladius: шэ (šɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sip³
    • Yale: sip
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sip⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: xib³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːp̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: syep, sep

Rime
Character	韘	韘
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	葉 (155)	怗 (158)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	書涉切	蘇協切
Baxter	syep	sep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇp̚/	/sep̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛp̚/	/sep̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjæp̚/	/sɛp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiap̚/	/sɛp̚/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛp̚/	/sep̚/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛp̚/	/siep̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛp̚/	/siep̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	she	xie
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sip3	sip3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥[a]p/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljeb/, /*sleːb/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	韘
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shè
Middle Chinese	‹ syep ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥[a]p/
English	archer"s thimble
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	韘	韘
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	11559	11585
Phonetic component	世	世
Rime group	盍	盍
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	攝	燮
Old Chinese	/*hljeb/	/*sleːb/

Definitions

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Kanji

韘

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しょう (shō)
• Kun: ゆがけ (yugake)