諧

See also: 谐

諧 U+8AE7, 諧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8AE7 ← 諦 [U+8AE6] CJK Unified Ideographs 諨 → [U+8AE8]

Translingual

Han character

諧 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜口心心日 (YRPPA), four-corner 0166₁, composition ⿰訁皆)

Derived characters

• 𢹆

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1170, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35718
• Dae Jaweon: page 1635, character 30
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3996, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8AE7

Chinese

trad.		諧
simp.		谐

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
皆	*kriːl
偕	*kriːl
階	*kriːl
喈	*kriːl
稭	*kriːl, *kriːd
堦	*kriːl
楷	*kriːl, *kʰriːlʔ
鶛	*kriːl
湝	*kriːl, *ɡriːl
蝔	*kriːl, *ɡriːl
鍇	*kriːl, *kʰriːlʔ
揩	*kʰriːl
諧	*ɡriːl
瑎	*ɡriːl
龤	*ɡriːl

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xié (xie²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haai⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hài
• Northern Min (KCR): hǎi
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hai²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hâi / ôe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hai⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xié
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sié
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh²
    • Yale: syé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shye
    • Palladius: се (se)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: haai⁴
    • Yale: hàaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hài
    • Hakka Romanization System: hai^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hai²
    • Sinological IPA: /hai̯¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hǎi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xai²¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hai²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hai¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hâi
    • Tâi-lô: hâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haai
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hai¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /hai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ôe
    • Tâi-lô: uê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oee
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ue²⁴/

Note:

• hâi - literary;
• ôe - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: hai⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hâi
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hai⁵⁵/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 諧
Mandarin	Beijing	/ɕiɛ³⁵/
	Harbin	/ɕiɛ²⁴/
	Tianjin	/ɕie⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/ɕiɛ⁴²/
	Qingdao	/ɕiɛ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ɕiɛ⁴²/
	Xi'an	/ɕiɛ²⁴/
	Xining	/ɕi²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ɕie¹³/
	Lanzhou	/ɕiə⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/ɕiɤ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/xai²¹³/
	Chengdu	/ɕiai³¹/
	Guiyang	/ɕie²¹/
	Kunming	/ɕiɛ³¹/
	Nanjing	/ɕiɛ²⁴/
	Hefei	/ɕie̞⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/ɕie¹¹/
	Pingyao
	Hohhot	/ɕie³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/ɦie²³/
	Suzhou	/ɦiɪ¹³/
	Hangzhou	/ɦie̞²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/ɦa³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/ɕie⁴⁴/ /ɕia⁴⁴/
	Tunxi
Xiang	Changsha	/xai¹³/
	Xiangtan	/ɦai¹²/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/hai¹¹/
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/hai²¹/
	Nanning	/hai²¹/
	Hong Kong	/hai²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/hai³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/hai⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)
	Shantou (Teochew)	/hai⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/hai³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: heaj

Rime
Character	諧
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	皆 (33)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	戸皆切
Baxter	heaj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠɛi/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚæi/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɐi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəɨj/
Li Rong	/ɣɛi/
Wang Li	/ɣɐi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣăi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xié
Expected Cantonese Reflex	haai4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡriːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	諧
Reading #	1/1
No.	6429
Phonetic component	皆
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	諧
Old Chinese	/*ɡriːl/

Definitions

諧

1. to harmonize; to coordinate; to fit together
2. harmonious; coordinated; congruous
3. joke; jest
4. (Quanzhou Hokkien) to persuade; to advise

Compounds

• 不諧／不谐
• 不諧當／不谐当
• 以諧秦晉／以谐秦晋
• 俳諧／俳谐 (páixié)
• 克諧／克谐
• 和諧／和谐 (héxié)
• 榮諧伉儷／荣谐伉俪
• 琴瑟和諧／琴瑟和谐
• 續齊諧記／续齐谐记
• 詼諧／诙谐 (huīxié)
• 詼諧曲／诙谐曲
• 詼諧笑浪／诙谐笑浪
• 調諧／调谐 (tiáoxié)
• 調諧器／调谐器
• 諧價／谐价
• 諧劇／谐剧
• 諧和／谐和 (xiéhé)
• 諧戲／谐戏
• 諧當／谐当
• 諧聲／谐声 (xiéshēng)
• 諧聲偏旁／谐声偏旁
• 諧臣／谐臣
• 諧語／谐语
• 諧謔／谐谑 (xiéxuè)
• 諧趣／谐趣
• 諧音／谐音 (xiéyīn)
• 魚水和諧／鱼水和谐
• 齊諧／齐谐

 

References

• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “谐”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 261.

Japanese

Kanji

諧

(Jōyō kanji)

1. accord, harmony

Readings

• Go-on: げ (ge)
• Kan-on: かい (kai, Jōyō)
• Kun: やわらぐ (yawaragu, 諧らぐ)、かなう (kanau, 諧う)

Compounds

• 諧謔(かいぎゃく) (kaigyaku)
• 俳諧(はいかい) (haikai)

Korean

Hanja

諧 • (hae) (hangeul 해, revised hae, McCune–Reischauer hae, Yale hay)

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Vietnamese

Han character

諧: Hán Nôm readings: hài, giai

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