惻

See also: 恻

惻 U+60FB, 惻 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-60FB ← 惺 [U+60FA] CJK Unified Ideographs 惼 → [U+60FC]

Translingual

Han character

惻 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 心月金弓 (PBCN), four-corner 9200₀, composition ⿰忄則)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 393, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10869
• Dae Jaweon: page 729, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2327, character 12
• Unihan data for U+60FB

Chinese

trad.		惻
simp.		恻

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
廁	*sʰrɯɡs, *sʰrɯɡ
則	*ʔsɯːɡ
賊	*zɯːɡ
鰂	*zɯːɡ
鱡	*zɯːɡ
蠈	*zɯːɡ
側	*ʔsrɯɡ
萴	*ʔsrɯɡ, *zrɯɡ
測	*sʰrɯɡ
惻	*sʰrɯɡ
崱	*zrɯɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cè (ce⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cak¹ / caak¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiak / chhek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cè
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cè
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻê⁴
    • Yale: tsè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tseh
    • Palladius: цэ (cɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cak¹ / caak¹
    • Yale: chāk / chāak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsak⁷ / tsaak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceg¹ / cag¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐk̚⁵/, /t͡sʰaːk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiak
    • Tâi-lô: tshiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhek
    • Tâi-lô: tshik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zheg
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: tsrhik

Rime
Character	惻
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	初 (19)
Final (韻)	職 (134)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	初力切
Baxter	tsrhik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃʰɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂʰɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃʰiek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂʰik̚/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃʰiək̚/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃʰĭək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂʰi̯ək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	che
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cik1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰrɯɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	惻
Reading #	1/1
No.	16603
Phonetic component	則
Rime group	職
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	測
Old Chinese	/*sʰrɯɡ/

Definitions

惻

1. sad; sorrowful; grieved
2. to be sympathetic; to be empathetic
3. (literary) sincere; earnest

Compounds

• 仁惻／仁恻
• 傷惻／伤恻
• 凄惻 (qīcè)
• 哀惻／哀恻
• 嗟惻／嗟恻
• 嗚惻／呜恻
• 忖惻／忖恻
• 忿惻／忿恻
• 恓惻／恓恻
• 悃惻／悃恻
• 悽惻／凄恻 (qīcè)
• 悱惻／悱恻 (fěicè)
• 惋惻／惋恻
• 悲惻／悲恻
• 悱惻纏綿／悱恻缠绵
• 惻促／恻促
• 惻傷／恻伤
• 惻切／恻切
• 惻動／恻动
• 惻塞／恻塞
• 惻容／恻容
• 惻念／恻念
• 惻怛／恻怛
• 惻怛之心／恻怛之心
• 惻悽／恻凄
• 惻悱／恻悱
• 惻悵／恻怅
• 惻悷／恻悷
• 愍惻／愍恻
• 感惻／感恻
• 惻惻／恻恻
• 惻愴／恻怆
• 惻憫／恻悯
• 惻楚／恻楚
• 惻焉／恻焉
• 惻然／恻然 (cèrán)
• 惻痛／恻痛
• 惻隱／恻隐 (cèyǐn)
• 惻隱之心／恻隐之心 (cèyǐnzhīxīn)
• 愧惻／愧恻
• 愷惻／恺恻
• 慈惻／慈恻
• 愴惻／怆恻
• 慚惻／惭恻
• 慘惻／惨恻
• 憯惻／憯恻
• 憫惻／悯恻
• 憐惻／怜恻
• 懇惻／恳恻
• 楚惻／楚恻
• 款惻／款恻
• 淒惻／凄恻 (qīcè)
• 溫惻／温恻
• 焦惻／焦恻
• 痛惻／痛恻
• 矜惻／矜恻
• 纏綿悱惻／缠绵悱恻 (chánmiánfěicè)
• 肫惻／肫恻
• 誾誾惻惻／訚訚恻恻
• 軫惻／轸恻
• 酸惻／酸恻
• 隱惻／隐恻
• 駭惻／骇恻

 

References

• “惻”, 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

惻

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: しき (shiki)
• Kan-on: そく (soku)
• Kun: いたむ (itamu, 惻む)

Korean

Hanja

惻 (eum 측 (cheuk))

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Vietnamese

Han character

惻: Hán Nôm readings: trắc

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References

• Nom Foundation