淒

See also: 凄

淒 U+6DD2, 淒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DD2 ← 淑 [U+6DD1] CJK Unified Ideographs 淓 → [U+6DD3]

Translingual

Han character

淒 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水十中女 (EJLV), four-corner 3514₄, composition ⿰氵妻)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 629, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17635
• Dae Jaweon: page 1031, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1645, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6DD2

Chinese

trad.		淒
simp.		凄*
alternative forms		凄

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
妻	*sʰiːl, *sʰiːls
萋	*sʰiːl
淒	*sʰiːl
凄	*sʰiːl
悽	*sʰiːl
鶈	*sʰiːl
郪	*sʰiːl, *sʰil
緀	*sʰiːl, *sʰiːlʔ
霋	*sʰiːl
棲	*siːl

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qī (qi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cai¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhe / chhi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ci¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qī
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ci
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi¹
    • Yale: chī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chi
    • Palladius: ци (ci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cai¹
    • Yale: chāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhe
    • Tâi-lô: tshe
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhef
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰe³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhi
    • Tâi-lô: tshi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chy
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ci¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰi³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tshej

Rime
Character	淒
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	七稽切
Baxter	tshej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰei/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰei/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɛj/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰei/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰiei/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cai1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰiːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	淒
Reading #	1/1
No.	9915
Phonetic component	妻
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	妻
Old Chinese	/*sʰiːl/

Definitions

淒

1. chilly; cold; frigid
2. (alt. form 悽) miserable; sorrowful; sad

Compounds

• 孤淒 / 孤凄
• 悲淒 / 悲凄 (bēiqī)
• 淒冷 / 凄冷
• 淒切 / 凄切 (qīqiè)
• 淒厲 / 凄厉 (qīlì)
• 淒咽 / 凄咽
• 淒婉 / 凄婉
• 淒慘 / 凄惨 (qīcǎn)
• 淒斷 / 凄断
• 淒楚 / 凄楚 (qīchǔ)
• 淒清 / 凄清 (qīqīng)
• 淒涼 / 凄凉 (qīliáng)
• 淒淒 / 凄凄
• 淒淒慘慘 / 凄凄惨惨
• 淒滄 / 凄沧
• 淒然 / 凄然 (qīrán)
• 淒絕 / 凄绝
• 淒緊 / 凄紧
• 淒美 / 凄美 (qīměi)
• 淒薄 / 凄薄
• 淒豔 / 凄艳
• 淒迷 / 凄迷
• 淒風 / 凄风
• 淒風苦雨 / 凄风苦雨
• 淒飆 / 凄飙
• 苦雨淒風 / 苦雨凄风
• 音容淒斷 / 音容凄断
• 風雨淒淒 / 风雨凄凄

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhe̍h / chhē

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhe̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tshe̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zheh
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰeʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰeʔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhē
    • Tâi-lô: tshē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhe
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰe²²/

Definitions

淒

1. (Hokkien) to go downhill; to decline; to be on the wane
2. (Quanzhou Hokkien) to suspend

Synonyms

• (to suspend): 暫停／暂停 (zàntíng)

Japanese

Kanji

淒

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: さい (sai)
• Kan-on: せい (sei)
• Kun: さむい (samui, 淒い)、すごい (sugoi, 淒い)、すごむ (sugomu, 淒む)、すさまじい (susamajii, 淒まじい)

Korean

Hanja

淒 • (cheo) (hangeul 처, revised cheo, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏ, Yale che)

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Vietnamese

Han character

淒: Hán Nôm readings: thê

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