偰

偰 U+5070, 偰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5070 ← 偯 [U+506F] CJK Unified Ideographs 偱 → [U+5071]

Translingual

Han character

偰 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人手竹大 (OQHK), four-corner 2723₄, composition ⿰亻契)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 111, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 893
• Dae Jaweon: page 238, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 186, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5070

Chinese

trad.		偰
simp. #		偰

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 偰
Small seal script s05677 Transcribed ancient scripts L26616 L26617
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 (丯) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
夆	*pʰoŋ, *boŋ, *ɡaːds
丯	*kreːds
瘛	*kʰjeds, *ɡeːds, *kʰjed
觢	*ɡjeds
契	*kʰeːds, *kʰeːd, *kʰeːd, *kʰɯd
栔	*kʰeːds
禊	*ɡeːds
稧	*ɡeːds
楔	*kreːd, *sqʰeːd
葜	*kʰreːd
猰	*qreːd, *kraːd, *kʰeːd
窫	*qreːd
揳	*sqʰeːd
偰	*sqʰeːd
潔	*keːd
絜	*keːd, *ɡeːd
鍥	*keːd, *kʰeːd
挈	*kʰeːd
蛪	*kʰeːd
齧	*ŋeːd
褉	*qʰeːd
喫	*ŋ̊ʰeːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sqʰeːd) : semantic 亻 + phonetic 契 (OC *kʰeːds, *kʰeːd, *kʰeːd, *kʰɯd).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiè (xie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sit³

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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: sit³
    • Yale: sit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: xid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːt̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: set

Rime
Character	偰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	先 (87)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	先結切
Baxter	set
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/set̚/
Pan Wuyun	/set̚/
Shao Rongfen	/sɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛt̚/
Li Rong	/set̚/
Wang Li	/siet̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/siet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xie
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sit3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sqʰeːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	偰
Reading #	1/1
No.	6506
Phonetic component	丯
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	屑
Old Chinese	/*sqʰeːd/

Definitions

偰

1. Alternative form of 契 (xiè, “Xie”)
2. a surname

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00104

Japanese

Kanji

偰

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: せち (sechi)
• Kan-on: せつ (setsu)
• Kun: きよい (kiyoi, 偰い)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 偰 (MC set).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰʌ̹ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [설]

Hanja

Wikisource

偰 (eumhun 맑을 설 (malgeul seol))

1. Hanja form^? of 설 (“clear”).

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]