穸

穸 U+7A78, 穸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A78 ← 穷 [U+7A77] CJK Unified Ideographs 穹 → [U+7A79]

Translingual

Han character

穸 (Kangxi radical 116, 穴+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 十金弓戈 (JCNI), four-corner 3020₇, composition ⿱穴夕)

1. a tomb or grave
2. death

Derived characters

• 𮈠, 𦲎

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 862, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25413
• Dae Jaweon: page 1289, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2720, character 5
• Unihan data for U+7A78

Chinese

trad.		穸
simp. #		穸
alternative forms		夕

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 穴 + phonetic 夕 (OC *ljaːɡ)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī, xì (xi¹, xi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ, ㄒㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): se̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: si
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹
    • Yale: syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sì
    • Wade–Giles: hsi⁴
    • Yale: syì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shih
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zik⁶
    • Yale: jihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se̍k
    • Tâi-lô: si̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sek
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɪk̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: zjek

Rime
Character	穸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	清 (123)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	祥易切
Baxter	zjek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ziᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ziɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ziæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ziajk̚/
Li Rong	/ziɛk̚/
Wang Li	/zĭɛk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/zi̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zik6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ljaːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	穸
Reading #	1/1
No.	13229
Phonetic component	夕
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	席
Old Chinese	/*ljaːɡ/

Definitions

穸

1. (Hokkien) a vault or recess in a sepulchre meant to store a coffin

Compounds

• 卜窀穸
• 窀穸

 

Japanese

Kanji

穸

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せき (seki); じょく (joku); きゅう (kyū)
• Kun: よる (yoru)