䵦

䵦 U+4D66, 䵦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4D66 ← 䵥 [U+4D65] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 䵧 → [U+4D67]

Translingual

Han character

䵦 (Kangxi radical 203, 黑+6, 18 strokes, cangjie input 田火水一木 (WFEMD), composition ⿰黑汙)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1520, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4749, character 6
• Unihan data for U+4D66

Chinese

simp. and trad.		䵦
alternative forms		扠 Cantonese

Etymology 1

"to cross out"

Possibly related to 叉 (caa1), 扠 (caa1).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiè (xie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caa⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siè
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh⁴
    • Yale: syè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieh
    • Palladius: се (se)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caa⁵
    • Yale: cháh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ca⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaː¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: zjaeX

Rime
Character	䵦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	徐野切
Baxter	zjaeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ziaX/
Pan Wuyun	/ziaX/
Shao Rongfen	/ziaX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ziaX/
Li Rong	/ziaX/
Wang Li	/zĭaX/
Bernard Karlgren	/zi̯aX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ze6

Definitions

䵦

1. ^† dirty
2. (Cantonese) to paint over
3. (Cantonese) to cross out, to strike through
4. (Cantonese) to scribble

Compounds

• 烏喱馬䵦／乌喱马䵦
• 䵦𢰸／䵦𱟽
• 䵦𢰸檔／䵦𱟽档
• 䵦汪
• 䵦涴
• 䵦涴檔／䵦涴档

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 䵦 – see 汙 (“dirt; filth; unclean; dirty; filthy; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 污, which is in turn a variant form of 汙).

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C18072