黟

Translingual

Han character

黟 (Kangxi radical 203, 黑+6, 18 strokes, cangjie input 田火弓戈弓 (WFNIN), four-corner 6232₇, composition ⿰黑多)

1. black wood
2. black

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1519, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48091
• Dae Jaweon: page 2054, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4749, character 4
• Unihan data for U+9EDF

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Chinese

trad.		黟
simp. #		黟

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 黟
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
多	*ʔl'aːl
哆	*ʔl'aːlʔ, *ʔl'aːls, *ʔr'aːls, *hr'aːl, *l̥ʰjaːlʔ, *l̥ʰjalʔ, *l̥ʰjɯs
跢	*ʔl'aːls, *ʔl'aːds
痑	*ʔl'aːls, *l̥ʰaːl, *l̥ʰaːn
爹	*daːʔ, *tjaː
陊	*l'aːlʔ, *l'alʔ
橠	*naːlʔ
袲	*naːlʔ, *l̥ʰjalʔ, *lal
奓	*ʔr'aːl, *ʔr'aːls
栘	*ɦljeːl, *lal
黟	*ʔleːl, *ʔlil
趍	*sʰlo, *l'al
誃	*l'al, *l̥ʰjalʔ
簃	*l'al, *lal
眵	*ʔljjal, *l̥ʰjal
恀	*ʔljalʔ, *l̥ʰjalʔ, *ɦljalʔ
侈	*l̥ʰjalʔ
姼	*l̥ʰjalʔ, *ɦljal, *ɦljalʔ
鉹	*l̥ʰjalʔ, *lal
垑	*l̥ʰjalʔ
袳	*l̥ʰjalʔ
卶	*l̥ʰjals, *hljals
宜	*ŋral
誼	*ŋrals
竩	*ŋrals
移	*lal
迻	*lal
扅	*lal
拸	*lal, *lalʔ
熪	*lal
謻	*lal
蛥	*ɢljad

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yī (yi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yī
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yi
    • Wade–Giles: i¹
    • Yale: yī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: i
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ji¹
    • Yale: yī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jij, 'ej

Rime
Character	黟	黟
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	於脂切	烏奚切
Baxter	'jij	'ej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔiɪ/	/ʔei/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔi/	/ʔei/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔjɪ/	/ʔɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔi/	/ʔɛj/
Li Rong	/ʔi/	/ʔei/
Wang Li	/i/	/iei/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi/	/ʔiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yī	yī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji1	jai1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔleːl/, /*ʔlil/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	黟	黟
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	2655	2691
Phonetic component	多	多
Rime group	歌	脂
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	鷖	伊
Old Chinese	/*ʔleːl/	/*ʔlil/
Notes		同黝

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

黟

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. ebony

Readings

• On (unclassified): えい (ei), い (i)
• Kun: こくたん (kokutan)

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Korean

Hanja

黟 • (i) (hangeul 이, revised i, McCune–Reischauer i, Yale i)

1. black
2. ebony