侐

侐 U+4F90, 侐 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F90 ← 侏 [U+4F8F] CJK Unified Ideographs 侑 → [U+4F91]

Translingual

Han character

侐 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人竹月廿 (OHBT), four-corner 2721₀, composition ⿰亻血)

1. quiet

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 102, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 593
• Dae Jaweon: page 216, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 149, character 8
• Unihan data for U+4F90

Chinese

simp. and trad.		侐
alternative forms		伵

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 侐
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Small seal script s05770
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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

	Old Chinese
侐	*qʰʷiɡs, *qʰʷɯɡ
血	*qʰʷiːɡ
恤	*sqʰʷiɡ
卹	*sqʰʷiɡ
賉	*sqʰʷiɡ
欰	*sqʰʷiɡ
洫	*qʰʷɯɡ
殈	*qʰʷeːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xù (xu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwik¹, kwik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syù
    • Wade–Giles: hsü⁴
    • Yale: syù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuh
    • Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwik¹, kwik¹
    • Yale: gwīk, kwīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwik⁷, kwik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: guig¹, kuig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɪk̚⁵/, /kʷʰɪk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xjwijH, xwik

Rime
Character	侐	侐
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	脂 (16)	職 (135)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	火季切	況逼切
Baxter	xjwijH	xwik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hiuɪH/	/hwɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷiH/	/hʷɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xjuɪH/	/xiuek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwiH/	/hwik̚/
Li Rong	/xuiH/	/xiuək̚/
Wang Li	/xwiH/	/xĭwək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/xwiH/	/xi̯wək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huì	xu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fai3	hik1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m̥ik-s/, /*m̥(r)ik/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷiɡs/, /*qʰʷɯɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	侐	侐
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xù	xù
Middle Chinese	‹ xjwijH ›	‹ xwik ›
Old Chinese	/*m̥ik-s/	/*m̥(r)ik/
English	still, quiet	still, quiet
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	侐	侐
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14097	14104
Phonetic component	血	血
Rime group	質	職
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	侐	洫
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷiɡs/	/*qʰʷɯɡ/

Definitions

侐

1. ^† quiet; still

   • 閟宮有侐、實實枚枚。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     𮤲宫有侐、实实枚枚。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Bìgōng yǒu xù, shíshí méiméi. [Pinyin]

     How pure and still are the solemn temples,
     In their strong solidity and minute completeness!

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00066
• “侐”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

侐

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. quiet

Readings

• On (unclassified): きょく (kyoku); けき (keki); き (ki)
• Kun: しずか (shizuka, 侐か); さびしい (sabishī, 侐しい)

Korean

Hanja

侐 • (hyeok) (hangeul 혁, revised hyeok, McCune–Reischauer hyŏk)

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