赤鴉

Chinese

		red; scarlet; bare red; scarlet; bare; naked	crow
trad. (赤鴉)		赤	鴉
simp. (赤鸦)		赤	鸦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chìyā

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˋ ㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cek³ aa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chìyā
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˋ ㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chìhya
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih⁴-ya¹
    • Yale: chr̀-yā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyhia
    • Palladius: чия (čija)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹ jä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cek³ aa¹
    • Yale: chek ā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsek⁸ aa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cég³ a¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːk̚³ aː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyhek 'ae

Rime
Character	赤	鴉
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	昔 (123)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	昌石切	於加切
Baxter	tsyhek	'ae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰiᴇk̚/	/ʔˠa/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰiɛk̚/	/ʔᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰiæk̚/	/ʔa/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰiajk̚/	/ʔaɨ/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiɛk̚/	/ʔa/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭɛk̚/	/a/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛk̚/	/ʔa/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chi	yā
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cik1	aa1

Noun

赤鴉

1. (literary, figuratively) the sun

See also

• 赤烏／赤乌 (chìwū)