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Translingual
Han character
溪 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水月女大 (EBVK), four-corner 32134, composition ⿰氵奚)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 640, character 22
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17967
- Dae Jaweon: page 1047, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1702, character 9
- Unihan data for U+6EAA
Chinese
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰeː): semantic 氵 + phonetic 奚 (OC *ɡeː).
Etymology 1
Compare Proto-Hmong-Mien *gle, whence Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao tl̥e (“river”) (Schuessler, 2007). Also compare Tibetan རྐ (rka, “gutter; channel”) (Sagart, 2020b).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): qi1
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): xi1
- Northern Min (KCR): kái
- Eastern Min (BUC): kă̤
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ke1
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1chi
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xī
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
- Tongyong Pinyin: si
- Wade–Giles: hsi1
- Yale: syī
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
- Palladius: си (si)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, dated variant)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: qī
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ci
- Wade–Giles: chʻi1
- Yale: chī
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chi
- Palladius: ци (ci)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: kai1
- Yale: kāi
- Cantonese Pinyin: kai1
- Guangdong Romanization: kei1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: kai1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰai³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: qi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi⁴²/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hâi
- Hakka Romanization System: haiˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: hai1
- Sinological IPA: /hai̯²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: haiˋ
- Sinological IPA: /hai⁵³/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: xi1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕi¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: kái
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰai⁵⁴/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: kă̤
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰɛ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: ke1
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ka̤
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰe⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: ke1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰe⁵⁴⁴/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
Note:
- Xiamen, Quanzhou:
- khoe - vernacular;
- khe - literary.
- Middle Chinese: khej
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*kʰˤe/
- (Zhengzhang): /*kʰeː/
Definitions
溪
- stream; creek; brook; rivulet; rill (Classifier: 條／条 m c)
- (dialectal) river (Classifier: 條／条 mn)
- 濁水溪／浊水溪 [Taiwanese Hokkien] ― Lô-chúi-khe [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― Zhuoshui River
- 2006, “濁水溪之戀”, 武雄 (lyrics), 蕭煌奇 [Ricky Hsiao] (music)performed by 詹雅雯 [Chan Ya-wen] and 蕭煌奇 [Ricky Hsiao]:
- (Eastern Min) unsophisticated; gauche; stupid
- (～母) (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 溪 (MC khej)
- a surname, Xi
See also
Compounds
- 下淡水溪
- 三溪 (Sānxī)
- 九畹溪 (Jiǔwǎnxī)
- 八掌溪
- 剡溪
- 卓溪 (Zhuóxī)
- 周溪 (Zhōuxī)
- 四溪 (Sìxī)
- 大安溪
- 大溪 (Dàxī)
- 大溪地 (Dàxīdì)
- 大甲溪
- 大肚溪
- 太平溪 (Tàipíngxī, “Taipingxi”)
- 孟家溪 (Mèngjiāxī)
- 小溪口 (Xiǎoxīkǒu)
- 小溪塔 (Xiǎoxītǎ)
- 小溪河 (Xiǎoxīhé)
- 山溪 (shānxī)
- 山溪坳 (Shānxī'ào)
- 岳溪 (Yuèxī)
- 左溪寺 (Zuǒxīsì)
- 巫溪 (Wūxī)
- 平溪 (Píngxī)
- 廣溪峽 / 广溪峡
- 新店溪
- 昂昂溪 (Áng'ángxī)
- 曾文溪
- 本溪 (Běnxī)
- 杉林溪
- 林家溪 (Línjiāxī)
- 東溪 / 东溪 (Dōngxī)
- 栗溪 (Lìxī)
- 楊溪灣 / 杨溪湾 (Yángxīwān)
- 楊溪鋪 / 杨溪铺 (Yángxīpù)
- 樂天溪 / 乐天溪 (Lètiānxī)
- 檀溪 (Tánxī)
- 歷溪 / 历溪 (Lìxī)
- 沙溪 (Shāxī)
- 沙鎮溪 / 沙镇溪 (Shāzhènxī)
- 泉溪 (Quánxī)
- 洋溪 (Yángxī)
- 浣紗溪 / 浣纱溪
- 浣花溪
- 清溪 (Qīngxī)
- 淯溪 (Yùxī)
- 溪丘灣 / 溪丘湾 (Xīqiūwān)
- 溪仔 (khe-á) (Min Nan)
- 溪友 (xīyǒu)
- 溪口坪 (Xīkǒupíng)
- 溪壑
- 溪客
- 溪州 (Xīzhōu)
- 溪床 (xīchuáng)
- 溪林 (Xīlín)
- 溪東 / 溪东
- 溪步
- 溪流 (xīliú)
- 溪湖 (Xīhú)
- 溪澗 / 溪涧 (xījiàn)
- 溪藤
- 溪谷 (xīgǔ)
- 溪錢 / 溪钱
- 溪頭 / 溪头 (Xītóu)
- 溪鴨 / 溪鸭
- 漿溪店 / 浆溪店 (Jiāngxīdiàn)
- 濁水溪 / 浊水溪 (Zhuóshuǐxī)
- 濂溪
- 玉溪 (Yùxī)
- 碧溪
- 磨針溪 / 磨针溪
- 礁溪 (Jiāoxī)
- 磻溪
- 礁溪鄉 / 礁溪乡
- 秀姑巒溪 / 秀姑峦溪
- 端溪
- 竹溪六逸
- 竹溪 / 竹谿 (zhúxī)
- 米潭溪 (Mǐtánxī)
- 苕溪
- 若耶溪
- 蘭陵溪 / 兰陵溪 (Lánlíngxī)
- 蘭陽溪 / 兰阳溪 (Lányángxī)
- 螺溪石硯 / 螺溪石砚
- 螺溪硯 / 螺溪砚
- 豐溪 / 丰溪 (Fēngxī)
- 赤溪河 (Chìxīhé)
- 雙溪 / 双溪 (shuāngxī)
- 霅溪
- 香溪源 (Xiāngxīyuán)
- 馬躍檀溪 / 马跃檀溪
- 鯉溪 / 鲤溪 (Lǐxī)
- 鱷溪 / 鳄溪
- 龍溪 / 龙溪 (Lóngxī)
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 溪 – see 谿 (“used in compounds”). (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 谿). |
Notes:
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References
- “溪”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “溪”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 314.
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Japanese
| 渓 | |
| 溪 |
Kanji
溪
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 渓)
Readings
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 溪 (MC khej). Recorded as Middle Korean 계 (kyey) (Yale: kyey) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
Compounds
References
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Vietnamese
Han character
- Creek or stream
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