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U+5937, 夷
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5937

[U+5936]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5938]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 37, +3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 大弓 (KN) or 難大弓 (XKN), four-corner 50032, composition )

Derived terms

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 249, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5852
  • Dae Jaweon: page 509, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 527, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5937
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Originally ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): (arrow) + [Term?] (rope).

Later forms ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): (person; big) + (bow).

Etymology 1

According to Yuè Juè Shū (越絕書), (OC *lil) is also the Yue word for "sea" (1). Therefore, Schuessler (2007) proposes an Austroasiatic origin; compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *d(n)liʔ (large river, sea) (whence Khmer ទន្លេ (tŭənlei, large river) and Kuy [script needed] (thlèː, sea)). Meanwhile, Schuessler associates similar Hmong forms like Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao tl̥e (river) (< Proto-Hmong-Mien *gle) to * (OC *kʰeː) "creek, rivulet, rill" instead.

In contrast, Ferlus (2009) reconstructs 夷's Old Chinese pronunciation as [lɨ] and connects 夷 to Proto-Kra-Dai *k-ri: (Kra-Dai endonym) (whence Thai ไท (tai, "Tai endonym") and Hlai Hlai ("Hlai endonym")). However, Ferlus concedes that such a derivation of 夷 from *k-ri: "remains speculative, [...] not as firmly established as for Hlai and Tai/Thai".

Pronunciation



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Definitions

(obsolete)

  1. an ancient tribe in eastern China
       dōng   Eastern Barbarians
  2. (derogatory) barbarian; foreigners; non-Han people
    [Classical Chinese]   shī cháng jì yǐ zhì [Pinyin]   learn the Westerners' tricks so as to control them
  3. to level; to raze
    為平地为平地   wèipíngdì   to level to the ground
  4. to eradicate; to obliterate
    [Classical Chinese]   sān zú [Pinyin]   to exterminate three clans (as a form of kin punishment)
  5. (in compound) flat; level; smooth; safe
    化險為化险为   huàxiǎnwèi   to turn danger into safety
  6. 23rd tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "ease" (𝌜)
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Etymology 2

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. (Hokkien) alternative form of (to kill)

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