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U+5612, 嘒
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5612

[U+5611]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5613]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 30, +11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 口手十一 (RQJM) or 口手十尸 (RQJS), four-corner 65071, composition )

  1. tiny
  2. chirping, whistling
  3. shrill sound, sharp

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 205, character 27
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4196
  • Dae Jaweon: page 428, character 20
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 672, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+5612

Chinese

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Glyph origin

Etymology

“small”
For this particular sense, Sagart (2021) modifies Baxter and Sagart's (2014) Old Chinese reconstruction to *Cə-pʰˤut and speculates a connection to (OC *bɯːd), (OC *sɢʷeds, *ɢʷeds, *sɢʷids), all potentially from to a root relating to "dust".

Pronunciation



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Definitions

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, onomatopoeia) chirp, shrill, whistle
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) very small

Compounds

  • 嘒嘒
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Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. sharp

Readings

  • On (unclassified): けい (kei) (ke)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese (MC xwejH).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [çe̞(ː)] ~ [he̞(ː)]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

(eumhun 작은 소리 (jageun sori hye))

  1. Used only when reading Classical Chinese texts.

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: tóe/toé

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

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