悽

See also: 淒 and 凄

悽 U+60BD, 悽 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-60BD ← 悼 [U+60BC] CJK Unified Ideographs 悾 → [U+60BE]

Translingual

Han character

悽 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 心十中女 (PJLV), four-corner 9504₇, composition ⿰忄妻)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 389, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10744
• Dae Jaweon: page 723, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2314, character 10
• Unihan data for U+60BD

Chinese

trad.		悽
simp.		凄*

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
妻	*sʰiːl, *sʰiːls
萋	*sʰiːl
淒	*sʰiːl
凄	*sʰiːl
悽	*sʰiːl
鶈	*sʰiːl
郪	*sʰiːl, *sʰil
緀	*sʰiːl, *sʰiːlʔ
霋	*sʰiːl
棲	*siːl

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qī (qi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qī
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ci
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi¹
    • Yale: chī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chi
    • Palladius: ци (ci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cai¹
    • Yale: chāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐi̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tshej

Rime
Character	悽
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	七稽切
Baxter	tshej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰei/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰei/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɛj/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰei/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰiei/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cai1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰiːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	悽
Reading #	1/1
No.	9917
Phonetic component	妻
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	妻
Old Chinese	/*sʰiːl/

Definitions

悽

1. (alt. form 淒／凄) miserable; sorrowful; sad

Compounds

• 哀悽／哀凄 (āiqī)
• 孤孤悽悽／孤孤凄凄
• 悽傷／凄伤
• 悽切／凄切 (qīqiè)
• 悽婉／凄婉
• 悽怨／凄怨
• 悲悽／悲凄 (bēiqī)
• 悽悽／凄凄
• 悽惘／凄惘
• 悽悽惶惶／凄凄惶惶
• 悽悽慘慘／凄凄惨惨
• 悽惶／凄惶 (qīhuáng)
• 悽惻／凄恻 (qīcè)
• 悽愴／凄怆 (qīchuàng)
• 悽慘／凄惨 (qīcǎn)
• 悽楚／凄楚 (qīchǔ)
• 悽涼／凄凉 (qīliáng)
• 悽然／凄然 (qīrán)
• 悽苦／凄苦
• 慘悽／惨凄 (cǎnqī)
• 憯悽／憯凄

 

Japanese

Kanji

悽

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せい (sei)
• Kun: いたむ (itamu)

Korean

Hanja

悽 (eum 처 (cheo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

悽: Hán Nôm readings: thê

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