膬

膬 U+81AC, 膬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-81AC ← 膫 [U+81AB] CJK Unified Ideographs 膭 → [U+81AD]

Translingual

Han character

膬 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 月竹山山 (BHUU) or 難月竹山山 (XBHUU), four-corner 7221₅, composition ⿰月毳)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 994, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29866
• Dae Jaweon: page 1445, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2112, character 1
• Unihan data for U+81AC

Chinese

trad.		膬
simp. #		膬
alternative forms		脆 脺 脃／脆

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
膬	*skʰods, *skʰod
毳	*skʰods, *skʰrods
竁	*skʰods, *skʰrods, *kʰjons
橇	*skʰrods, *kʰrow

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cuì (cui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cuèi
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻui⁴
    • Yale: tswèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuey
    • Palladius: цуй (cuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ceoi³
    • Yale: cheui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tshjwejH, tshjwet

Rime
Character	膬	膬
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	祭 (36)	薛 (82)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	此芮切	七絕切
Baxter	tshjwejH	tshjwet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiuᴇiH/	/t͡sʰiuᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰʷiɛiH/	/t͡sʰʷiɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰiuæiH/	/t͡sʰjuæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰwiajH/	/t͡sʰwiat̚/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiuɛiH/	/t͡sʰiuɛt̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭwɛiH/	/t͡sʰĭuɛt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯wɛiH/	/t͡sʰi̯wɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cuì	que
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ceoi3	cyut3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[tsʰ]ot/

  (Zhengzhang): /*skʰods/, /*skʰod/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	膬
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cuì
Middle Chinese	‹ tshjwet ›
Old Chinese	/*[tsʰ]ot/
English	brittle, fragile
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	膬	膬
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	1891	1899
Phonetic component	毳	毳
Rime group	祭	月
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	毳	膬
Old Chinese	/*skʰods/	/*skʰod/
Notes	通作脆	通作脆

Definitions

膬

1. Alternative form of 脆 (cuì)

Compounds

• 甘膬