坹

坹 U+5779, 坹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5779 ← 坸 [U+5778] CJK Unified Ideographs 坺 → [U+577A]

Translingual

Han character

坹 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 土十金 (GJC), composition ⿰土穴)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 227, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4999
• Dae Jaweon: page 462, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 435, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5779

Chinese

simp. and trad.		坹

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
泬	*qʰʷliːɡ
坹	*qʰʷliːɡ, *ɡʷliːɡ
穴	*ɡʷliːɡ
袕	*ɡʷliːɡ, *ɢʷjiɡ
鴪	*ɢʷiɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuè (xue⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuè
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh⁴
    • Yale: sywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiueh
    • Palladius: сюэ (sjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyut⁶
    • Yale: yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: xwet, hwet

Rime
Character	坹	坹
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	屑 (88)	屑 (88)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	呼決切	胡決切
Baxter	xwet	hwet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hwet̚/	/ɦwet̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷet̚/	/ɦʷet̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɛt̚/	/ɣuɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwɛt̚/	/ɦwɛt̚/
Li Rong	/xuet̚/	/ɣuet̚/
Wang Li	/xiwet̚/	/ɣiwet̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/xiwet̚/	/ɣiwet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xue	xué
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hyut3	jyut6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷliːɡ/, /*ɡʷliːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	坹	坹
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14091	14093
Phonetic component	穴	穴
Rime group	質	質
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	血	穴
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷliːɡ/	/*ɡʷliːɡ/

Definitions

坹

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References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 86

Japanese

Kanji

坹

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けつ (ketsu); げち (gechi)