莃

莃 U+8383, 莃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8383 ← 莂 [U+8382] CJK Unified Ideographs 莄 → [U+8384]

Translingual

Han character

莃 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿大大月 (TKKB), four-corner 4422₇, composition ⿱艹希)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1033, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31018
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3222, character 2
• Unihan data for U+8383

Chinese

trad.		莃
simp. #		莃

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
桸	*hral, *hlɯl
郗	*l̥ʰɯl
絺	*l̥ʰɯl
脪	*l̥ʰɯl, *hrɯnʔ, *hlɯns
瓻	*l̥ʰɯl
希	*hlɯl
晞	*hlɯl
莃	*hlɯl
鵗	*hlɯl
稀	*hlɯl
睎	*hlɯl
豨	*hlɯl, *hlɯlʔ
悕	*hlɯl
俙	*hlɯl, *hlɯlʔ
欷	*hlɯl, *hlɯls
浠	*hlɯl
唏	*hlɯlʔ, *hlɯls

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: si
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹
    • Yale: syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hei¹
    • Yale: hēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xj+j

Rime
Character	莃
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	微 (20)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	香衣切
Baxter	xj+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨi/
Pan Wuyun	/hɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/xiəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨj/
Li Rong	/xiəi/
Wang Li	/xĭəi/
Bernard Karlgren	/xe̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hei1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hlɯl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	莃
Reading #	1/1
No.	13252
Phonetic component	希
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	希
Old Chinese	/*hlɯl/

Definitions

莃

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