偞

偞 U+505E, 偞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-505E ← 偝 [U+505D] CJK Unified Ideographs 偟 → [U+505F]

Translingual

Han character

偞 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人心廿木 (OPTD), four-corner 2429₄, composition ⿰亻枼)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 111, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 867
• Dae Jaweon: page 237, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 186, character 17
• Unihan data for U+505E

Chinese

trad.		偞
simp. #		偞
alternative forms		𠉪

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
貰	*ɦljebs, *hljebs
跇	*l̥ʰebs, *lebs
迣	*ʔljebs
世	*hljebs
泄	*lebs, *sled
枻	*lebs
詍	*lebs
靾	*lebs
袣	*lebs
抴	*lebs, *led
呭	*lebs
勩	*lebs, *libs
屜	*l̥ʰeːbs
鰈	*l̥ʰaːb, *l'eːb
渫	*zreːb, *sled
煠	*zreːb, *l̥ʰeb, *leb
喋	*rlaːb, *ʔl'eːb, *l'eːb
鞢	*rlaːb, *sleːb
殜	*l'eb, *leb, *lab
葉	*hljeb, *leb
弽	*hljeb, *hleːb
韘	*hljeb, *sleːb
枼	*leb
楪	*leb
揲	*leb, *l'eːb, *ɦljed
鍱	*leb
偞	*leb, *hleːb
蝶	*l̥ʰeːb, *l'eːb
牒	*l'eːb
蹀	*l'eːb
諜	*l'eːb
堞	*l'eːb
牃	*l'eːb
褋	*l'eːb
惵	*l'eːb
碟	*l'eːb
屧	*sleːb
屟	*sleːb
紲	*sled
齛	*sled
疶	*sled
緤	*sled
媟	*sled

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *leb, *hleːb): semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 枼 (OC *leb).

Etymology

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Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yè, xiè (ye⁴, xie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ, ㄒㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jip⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yè
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yè
    • Wade–Giles: yeh⁴
    • Yale: yè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeh
    • Palladius: е (je)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan in the sense "beautiful; graceful")⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siè
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh⁴
    • Yale: syè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieh
    • Palladius: се (se)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jip⁶
    • Yale: yihp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jip⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yib⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːp̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: yep, xep

Rime
Character	偞	偞
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	葉 (155)	怗 (158)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	與涉切	呼牒切
Baxter	yep	xep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇp̚/	/hep̚/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛp̚/	/hep̚/
Shao Rongfen	/jæp̚/	/xɛp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiap̚/	/hɛp̚/
Li Rong	/iɛp̚/	/xep̚/
Wang Li	/jĭɛp̚/	/xiep̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯ɛp̚/	/xiep̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yè	xie
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jip6	hip3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*leb/, /*hleːb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	偞	偞
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	11565	11588
Phonetic component	世	世
Rime group	盍	盍
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	葉	弽
Old Chinese	/*leb/	/*hleːb/

Definitions

偞

1. (alt. form 僷) (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) beautiful; graceful

   Synonym: 奕 (yì)

2. (historical dictionaries only, pathology) mild; not severe

Compounds

• 奕偞

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiè, yè (xie⁴, ye⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˋ, ㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jip⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siè
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh⁴
    • Yale: syè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieh
    • Palladius: се (se)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yè
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yè
    • Wade–Giles: yeh⁴
    • Yale: yè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeh
    • Palladius: е (je)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jip⁶
    • Yale: yihp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jip⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yib⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːp̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: xep

Rime
Character	偞
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	怗 (158)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	呼牒切
Baxter	xep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hep̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hep̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xɛp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɛp̚/
Li Rong	/xep̚/
Wang Li	/xiep̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xiep̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xie
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hip3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hleːb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	偞
Reading #	2/2
No.	11588
Phonetic component	世
Rime group	盍
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	弽
Old Chinese	/*hleːb/

Definitions

偞

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to lower, abase (oneself)

   alt. forms: 㒒 (xiè)

   Synonym: 厭 / 厌 (yā)

Compounds

• 偞卑

References

• 羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “偞”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00107

Japanese

Kanji

偞

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): よう (yō)、きょう (kyō)、ちょう (chō)
• Kun: かるい (karui, 偞い)、みめよいさま (mimeyoisama, 偞)、いやしい (iyashī, 偞しい)、おす (osu, 偞)、おさへつける (osahetsukeru, 偞ける)、うつくしい (utsukushī, 偞しい)

Korean

Hanja

偞 • (yeop) (hangeul 엽, revised yeop, McCune–Reischauer yŏp)

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