解廌

Chinese

		to loosen; to untie; to explain to loosen; to untie; to explain; to remove; to divide; to dissolve; to solve; solution; send under escort
trad. (解廌)		解	廌
simp. #(解廌)		解	廌

Etymology

See 解豸 (xièzhì)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xièzhì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˋ ㄓˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xièzhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˋ ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sièjhìh
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh⁴-chih⁴
    • Yale: syè-jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiehjyh
    • Palladius: сечжи (sečži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: heaX dreaX

Rime
Character	解	廌
Reading #	1/4	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	佳 (31)	佳 (31)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	胡買切	宅買切
Baxter	heaX	dreaX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠɛX/	/ɖˠɛX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚæX/	/ɖᵚæX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣæiX/	/ȡæiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaɨjX/	/ɖaɨjX/
Li Rong	/ɣɛX/	/ȡɛX/
Wang Li	/ɣaiX/	/ȡaiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣaiX/	/ȡʱaiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xià	zhài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	haai6	zaai6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*N-kˤreʔ  [d]ˤreʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡreːʔ  r'eːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	解	廌
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiè	zhài
Middle Chinese	‹ hɛX ›	‹ drɛX ›
Old Chinese	/*N-kˁreʔ/	/*[d]ˁreʔ/
English	understand	解廌 heaX.dreaX (legendary animal)
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	解	廌
Reading #	3/4	1/2
No.	6483	17395
Phonetic component	解	廌
Rime group	支	支
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	蟹	廌
Old Chinese	/*ɡreːʔ/	/*r'eːʔ/

Noun

解廌

1. Alternative form of 獬豸 (xièzhì, “xiezhi”)

   • 弄解廌 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: 司馬相如 (Sima Xiangru) 《上林賦》 "Rhapsody on the Imperial Park", in 《漢書》 Book of Han

     nòng xièzhì [Pinyin]

     [They] capture the discerning buck