璽

See also: 玺

璽 U+74BD, 璽 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-74BD ← 璼 [U+74BC] CJK Unified Ideographs 璾 → [U+74BE]

Translingual

Han character

璽 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+14, 19 strokes, cangjie input 一月一土戈 (MBMGI), four-corner 1010₃, composition ⿱爾玉)

Derived characters

• 𫬹, 㣆, 𤄽, 𤣗, 𤿂, 䌳, 𨰡, 𤫆, 𥸀

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 744, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21309
• Dae Jaweon: page 1153, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1144, character 5
• Unihan data for U+74BD

Chinese

trad.		璽
simp.		玺
alternative forms		壐／𱖚 鈢 鉨／鿭 鉩 𤫆

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
嬭	*rneːlʔ, *niːlʔ
禰	*niːlʔ
镾	*niːlʔ, *mnel
薾	*niːlʔ
檷	*niːlʔ
鑈	*niːlʔ, *neːb
瀰	*niːlʔ, *mnel, *mnelʔ
獼	*mnel
瓕	*mnel
彌	*mnel
鸍	*mnel, *hnjel
擟	*mnel
濔	*mnelʔ
壐	*smlelʔ
璽	*smlelʔ
爾	*njelʔ
邇	*njelʔ
獮	*smlenʔ
籋	*neb, *neːb

From 壐／𱖚. Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *smlelʔ): phonetic 爾 (OC *njelʔ) + semantic 玉 (“jade”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xǐ (xi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saai²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sái

  (Hailu, HRS): sai^ˊ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): sai³

• Eastern Min (BUC): sā̤ / sē̤
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sú

  (Teochew, Peng'im): si²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵shi

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: saai²
    • Yale: sáai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sai²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːi̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sái
    • Hakka Romanization System: sai^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sai³
    • Sinological IPA: /sai̯³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: sai^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /sai²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sai³
    • Sinological IPA: /saɪ³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sā̤ / sē̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛ³³/, /sœ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sú
    • Tâi-lô: sú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /su⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /su⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /su⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: si²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /si⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵shi
    • MiniDict: shi^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕi³⁴/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 璽
Mandarin	Beijing	/ɕi²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/ɕi²¹³/
	Tianjin	/ɕi¹³/
	Jinan	/ɕi⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/si⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/si⁵³/
	Xi'an	/ɕi²¹/
	Xining	/ɕi⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ɕi⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/ɕi⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/ɕi⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/ɕi⁴²/
	Chengdu	/ɕi⁵³/
	Guiyang	/ɕi⁴²/
	Kunming	/ɕi⁵³/
	Nanjing	/si²¹²/
	Hefei	/sz̩²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/ɕi⁵³/
	Pingyao
	Hohhot	/ɕi⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/ɕi³⁵/
	Suzhou	/si⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/ɕi⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/sei³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/si³⁵/
	Tunxi	/ɕi³¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/si⁴¹/
	Xiangtan	/si⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/ɕi²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/sai³¹/
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/sɐi³⁵/
	Nanning	/ɬɐi³⁵/
	Hong Kong	/sɐi³⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/su⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/sɛ³²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/sai²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/si⁵³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/mi³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: sjeX

Rime
Character	璽
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	斯氏切
Baxter	sjeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇX/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛX/
Shao Rongfen	/sjɛX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siə̆X/
Li Rong	/sieX/
Wang Li	/sǐeX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/sie̯X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s.[n]e[r]ʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*smlelʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	璽
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ sjeX ›
Old Chinese	/*s.[n]e[r]ʔ/
English	seal (n.)
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	璽
Reading #	1/1
No.	2815
Phonetic component	爾
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	徙
Old Chinese	/*smlelʔ/
Notes	同壐籀文

Definitions

璽

1. (historical) imperial seal; royal seal

Compounds

• 傳國璽 / 传国玺 (chuánguóxǐ)
• 古璽文 / 古玺文
• 國璽 / 国玺 (guóxǐ)
• 玉璽 / 玉玺 (yùxǐ)
• 璽印文字 / 玺印文字
• 璽書 / 玺书 (xǐshū)
• 璽節 / 玺节
• 璽綬 / 玺绶 (xǐshòu)
• 符璽 / 符玺

References

• “璽”, 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–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02607