灑

See also: 洒

灑 U+7051, 灑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7051 ← 灐 [U+7050] CJK Unified Ideographs 灒 → [U+7052]

Translingual

Han character

灑 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+19, 22 strokes, cangjie input 水一一心 (EMMP), four-corner 3111₁, composition ⿰氵麗)

Derived characters

• 𥸗

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 663, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18774
• Dae Jaweon: page 1072, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1794, character 7
• Unihan data for U+7051

Chinese

trad.		灑/洒*
simp.		洒*
alternative forms		𣶇

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
灑	*sreːlʔ, *sreːlʔ, *srelʔ, *srels
籭	*sreːl, *srel
躧	*sreːlʔ, *srelʔ
曬	*sreːls, *srels
廲	*reːl
驪	*reːl, *rel
鱺	*reːlʔ
欐	*reːlʔ, *reːls, *srel
丽	*reːls
麗	*reːls, *rel
儷	*reːls
鸝	*rel
酈	*rel, *reːɡ
孋	*rel
矖	*rel, *srelʔ
穲	*rel
邐	*relʔ
彲	*r̥ʰel
釃	*srel, *srelʔ, *sra
襹	*srel, *srels
纚	*srelʔ

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǎ (sa³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saa²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sèe / sá / sè
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵sa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǎ
    • Wade–Giles: sa³
    • Yale: sǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: saa
    • Palladius: са (sa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sä²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: saa²
    • Yale: sá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saa²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sa²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèe
    • Tâi-lô: sèe
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɛ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sá
    • Tâi-lô: sá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sar
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sa⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sa⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /sa⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè
    • Tâi-lô: sè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sex
    • IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /se²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /se⁴¹/

Note:

• sèe - vernacular;
• sá/sè - literary.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵sa
    • MiniDict: sa^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²sa
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sa³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: sreaX, sraeX, srjeH

Rime
Character	灑	灑	灑
Reading #	2/4	3/4	4/4
Initial (聲)	生 (21)	生 (21)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	佳 (31)	麻 (98)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II	III
Fanqie	所蟹切	砂下切	所寄切
Baxter	sreaX	sraeX	srjeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠɛX/	/ʃˠaX/	/ʃˠiᴇH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚæX/	/ʃᵚaX/	/ʃᵚiɛH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃæiX/	/ʃaX/	/ʃiɛH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂaɨjX/	/ʂaɨX/	/ʂjiə̆H/
Li Rong	/ʃɛX/	/ʃaX/	/ʃjeH/
Wang Li	/ʃaiX/	/ʃaX/	/ʃǐeH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʂaiX/	/ʂaX/	/ʂie̯H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shǎi	shǎ	shì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saai2	saa2	si3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə.s<r>ərʔ/, /*Cə.s<r>ərʔ-s/, /*Cə.s<r>ərʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sreːlʔ/, /*srels/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	灑	灑	灑
Reading #	1/4	2/4	3/4
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	sǎ	sǎ	sǎ
Middle Chinese	‹ srɛX ›	‹ srɛH ›	‹ srjeH ›
Old Chinese	/*Cə.s<r>ərʔ/ (MC srj- > sr-)	/*Cə.s<r>ərʔ-s/ (MC srj- > sr-)	/*Cə.s<r>ərʔ-s/
English	sprinkle	sprinkle	sprinkle
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	灑	灑	灑
Reading #	1/4	2/4	4/4
No.	7904	7906	7935
Phonetic component	丽	丽	丽
Rime group	歌	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	2	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	灑	灑	屣
Old Chinese	/*sreːlʔ/	/*sreːlʔ/	/*srels/

Definitions

灑

1. to sprinkle; to splash
2. to scatter; to throw
3. a surname

Compounds

• 丰神飄灑 / 丰神飘洒
• 噴灑 / 喷洒 (pēnsǎ)
• 噴灑機 / 喷洒机
• 噴灑灌溉 / 喷洒灌溉
• 掃灑 / 扫洒 (sǎosǎ)
• 揮灑 / 挥洒 (huīsǎ)
• 揮灑自如 / 挥洒自如 (huīsǎzìrú)
• 洋洋灑灑 / 洋洋洒洒 (yángyángsǎsǎ)
• 潑灑 / 泼洒
• 瀟灑 / 潇洒 (xiāosǎ)
• 瀟灑自若 / 潇洒自若
• 瀟灑風流 / 潇洒风流
• 灑掃 / 洒扫 (sǎsǎo)
• 灑晒
• 灑水 / 洒水 (sǎshuǐ)
• 灑水車 / 洒水车 (sǎshuǐchē)
• 灑派 / 洒派
• 灑淚 / 洒泪 (sǎlèi)
• 灑湯 / 洒汤
• 灑潑 / 洒泼
• 灑灑 / 洒洒
• 灑灑水 / 洒洒水 (sǎsǎshuǐ)
• 灑然 / 洒然
• 灑脫 / 洒脱 (sǎtuō)
• 灑落 / 洒落 (sǎluò)
• 灑金 / 洒金 (“gold flecked”)
• 灑金榕 / 洒金榕 (“Codiaeum variegatum”)
• 灑金箋 / 洒金笺 (“gold-flecked paper”)
• 灑金紙 / 洒金纸 (sǎjīnzhǐ, “gold-flecked paper”)
• 蕭灑 / 萧洒 (xiāosǎ)
• 鋪灑 / 铺洒
• 風姿瀟灑 / 风姿潇洒
• 風流瀟灑 / 风流潇洒
• 飄灑 / 飘洒

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xǐ (xi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐ
    • Wade–Giles: hsi³
    • Yale: syǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shii
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: srjeX

Rime
Character	灑
Reading #	1/4
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	所綺切
Baxter	srjeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠiᴇX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚiɛX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃiɛX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂjiə̆X/
Li Rong	/ʃjeX/
Wang Li	/ʃǐeX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʂie̯X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə.s<r>ərʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*srelʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	灑
Reading #	4/4
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ srjeX ›
Old Chinese	/*Cə.s<r>ərʔ/
English	sprinkle (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	灑
Reading #	3/4
No.	7931
Phonetic component	丽
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	躧
Old Chinese	/*srelʔ/

Definitions

灑

1. alternative form of 洗
2. alternative form of 蓰 (xǐ)

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shī (shi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shī
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shih
    • Wade–Giles: shih¹
    • Yale: shr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shy
    • Palladius: ши (ši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: srjeX

Rime
Character	灑
Reading #	1/4
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	所綺切
Baxter	srjeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠiᴇX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚiɛX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃiɛX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂjiə̆X/
Li Rong	/ʃjeX/
Wang Li	/ʃǐeX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʂie̯X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə.s<r>ərʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*srelʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	灑
Reading #	4/4
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ srjeX ›
Old Chinese	/*Cə.s<r>ərʔ/
English	sprinkle (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	灑
Reading #	3/4
No.	7931
Phonetic component	丽
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	躧
Old Chinese	/*srelʔ/

Definitions

灑

1. alternative form of 釃 / 酾
2. used in 離灑／离洒

Pronunciation 4

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎn (xian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hsien³
    • Yale: syǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shean
    • Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/

Definitions

灑

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) cold
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) terrified

Pronunciation 5

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lí (li²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lí
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lí
    • Wade–Giles: li²
    • Yale: lí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: li
    • Palladius: ли (li)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵/

Definitions

灑

1. only used in 淋灑／淋洒

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 灑

灑

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. pour
2. sprinkle
3. wash
4. purify
5. be clean/refreshed

Readings

• Go-on: しゃ (sha)、せ (se)
• Kan-on: さ (sa)、さい (sai)
• Kun: そそぐ (sosogu, 灑ぐ)

Korean

Hanja

灑 • (sae, swae) (hangeul 새, 쇄, revised sae, swae, McCune–Reischauer sae, swae, Yale say, sway)

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Vietnamese

Han character

灑: Hán Nôm readings: sái, rợi, tẩy, thối

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Compounds

• 灑然

Sái nhiên

References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville