纈

See also: 缬

纈 U+7E88, 纈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E88 ← 纇 [U+7E87] CJK Unified Ideographs 纉 → [U+7E89]

Translingual

Han character

纈 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+15, 21 strokes, cangjie input 女火土口金 (VFGRC), four-corner 2198₆, composition ⿰糹頡)

Derived characters

• 𭍋

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 942, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28028
• Dae Jaweon: page 1382, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3465, character 6
• Unihan data for U+7E88

Chinese

trad.		纈
simp.		缬
alternative forms		𤹐

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
秸	*kriːl, *kriːd
髻	*kiːds
夡	*kʰids
鴶	*kriːd
袺	*kriːd, *kiːd
頡	*kriːd, *ɡiːd
劼	*kʰriːd
硈	*kʰriːd
咭	*kʰriːd, *ɡlid, *qʰlid
黠	*ɡriːd
聐	*ŋreːd
趌	*ked, *klid, *kʰid, *ɡrid
結	*kiːd
拮	*kiːd, *klid
桔	*kiːd
狤	*kiːd, *klid, *ɡrid
擷	*qʰiːd, *ɡiːd
襭	*ɡiːd
翓	*ɡiːd
纈	*ɡiːd
吉	*klid
郆	*kid
詰	*kʰid
蛣	*kʰid
佶	*ɡlid, *ɡrid
鮚	*ɡrid
姞	*ɡrid
欯	*qʰlid
恄	*qʰlid

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xié (xie²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kit³, lit³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xié
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sié
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh²
    • Yale: syé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shye
    • Palladius: се (se)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kit³, lit³
    • Yale: kit, lit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kit⁸, lit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: kid³, lid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːt̚³/, /liːt̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: het

Rime
Character	纈
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	先 (87)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	胡結切
Baxter	het
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦet̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦet̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɛt̚/
Li Rong	/ɣet̚/
Wang Li	/ɣiet̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣiet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xié
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jit6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡiːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	纈
Reading #	1/1
No.	5690
Phonetic component	吉
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	纈
Old Chinese	/*ɡiːd/

Definitions

纈

1. patterned silk
2. knot
3. tie a knot

Compounds

• 夾纈／夹缬
• 纈氨酸／缬氨酸 (xié'ānsuān)
• 纈胺酸／缬胺酸 (xié'ànsuān)
• 纈草／缬草 (xiécǎo)
• 蠟纈／蜡缬

 

Japanese

Kanji

纈

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. tie-dyeing
2. purblind

Readings

• Go-on: げち (gechi)
• Kan-on: けつ (ketsu)
• Kan’yō-on: けち (kechi)
• Kun: しぼり (shibori)

Korean

Hanja

纈 • (hil) (hangeul 힐, revised hil, McCune–Reischauer hil, Yale hil)

1. patterned silk
2. tie knot

Vietnamese

Han character

纈: Hán Nôm readings: hiệt

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References

• Nom Foundation