汐

汐 U+6C50, 汐 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C50 ← 汏 [U+6C4F] CJK Unified Ideographs 汑 → [U+6C51]

Translingual

Han character

Stroke order

汐 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 水弓戈 (ENI), four-corner 3712₀, composition ⿰氵夕)

1. night tides
2. evening ebb tide

Derived characters

• 𡋆

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 605, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17122
• Dae Jaweon: page 998, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1554, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6C50

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Chinese

trad.		汐
simp. #		汐

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
夕	*ljaːɡ
汐	*ljaːɡ
穸	*ljaːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ljaːɡ) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 夕 (OC *ljaːɡ).

Etymology

From 夕 (OC *ljaːɡ, “evening”). Compare 潮 (OC *r'ew, “morning tide; tide”).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 汐

1. evening tide; night tides; ebb

   潮汐  ―  cháoxī  ―  morning and evening tides; tide, wave

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Japanese

Kanji

汐

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. eventide
2. tide
3. salt water
4. opportunity

Readings

• Go-on: じゃく (jaku)^{←じやく (zyaku, historical)}
• Kan-on: せき (seki)
• Kun: うしお (ushio, 汐)^{←うしほ (usifo, 汐, historical)}、しお (shio, 汐)^{←しおほ (siofo, 汐, historical)}
• Nanori: いそ (iso)、せい (sei)

Usage notes

• Both 汐 and 潮 have the kun-readings of shio and ushio. Archaically, 夕汐(ゆうしお) (yūshio) was used to mean tides during the night, and 朝潮(あさしお) (asashio) was used for tides in the morning. For tides at any time of day, the compound chōseki may be used, below.

Compounds

• 潮(ちょう)汐(せき) (chōseki, “tide”)

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 汐 (MC zjek). Recorded as Middle Korean 셕〮 (syék) (Yale: syek) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource

汐 (eumhun 조수 석 (josu seok))

1. hanja form^? of 석 (“night tides”)

Compounds

Compounds

• 조석 (潮汐, joseok)
• 조석력 (潮汐力, joseongnyeok)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

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Vietnamese

Han character

汐: Hán Nôm readings: tách, tịch

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References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville