丯

See also: 丰 and 彡

丯 U+4E2F, 丯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E2F ← 丮 [U+4E2E] CJK Unified Ideographs 丰 → [U+4E30]

Translingual

Han character

丯 (Kangxi radical 2, 丨+3, 4 strokes, cangjie input 手十 (QJ) or 難手十 (XQJ), four-corner 5000₀, composition ⿻丨彡)

Derived characters

• 𠛉, 𠂖, 𡕗, 𭇈, 𢝇, 𤊴, 𮅳, 𭆌, 𦝸

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 79, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 75
• Dae Jaweon: page 161, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 28, character 8
• Unihan data for U+4E2F

Chinese

simp. and trad.		丯
alternative forms		丰 corrupted form

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 丯
Bronze inscriptions b06395 b06396 Transcribed ancient scripts L21189
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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

	Old Chinese
夆	*pʰoŋ, *boŋ, *ɡaːds
丯	*kreːds
瘛	*kʰjeds, *ɡeːds, *kʰjed
觢	*ɡjeds
契	*kʰeːds, *kʰeːd, *kʰeːd, *kʰɯd
栔	*kʰeːds
禊	*ɡeːds
稧	*ɡeːds
楔	*kreːd, *sqʰeːd
葜	*kʰreːd
猰	*qreːd, *kraːd, *kʰeːd
窫	*qreːd
揳	*sqʰeːd
偰	*sqʰeːd
潔	*keːd
絜	*keːd, *ɡeːd
鍥	*keːd, *kʰeːd
挈	*kʰeːd
蛪	*kʰeːd
齧	*ŋeːd
褉	*qʰeːd
喫	*ŋ̊ʰeːɡ

Pictogram of something carved/engraved. Proto-form of 㓞. Unrelated to 丰.

The character was also used as a variant of 王, later written as 玉.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiè (jie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiè
    • Wade–Giles: chieh⁴
    • Yale: jyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieh
    • Palladius: цзе (cze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gaai³
    • Yale: gaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːi̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: keajH

Rime
Character	丯
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	皆 (33)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古拜切
Baxter	keajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠɛiH/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚæiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kɐiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəɨjH/
Li Rong	/kɛiH/
Wang Li	/kɐiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kăiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaai3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kreːds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	丯
Reading #	1/1
No.	6490
Phonetic component	丯
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	誡
Old Chinese	/*kreːds/
Notes	原作豐首筆爲撇校本改爲丯

Definitions

丯

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of 㓞 (qià).
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a variant of 玉.
3. (historical dictionaries only) weed

Japanese

Kanji

丯

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. dense

Readings

• Kan-on: かい (kai)
• Kun: さんらん (sanran, 丯)、さんらんする (sanransuru, 丯する)