皭

皭 U+76AD, 皭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-76AD ← 皬 [U+76AC] CJK Unified Ideographs 皮 → [U+76AE]

Translingual

Han character

皭 (Kangxi radical 106, 白+18, 23 strokes, cangjie input 竹日月田戈 (HABWI), four-corner 2264₆, composition ⿰白爵)

1. white
2. bright
3. clear
4. clean

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 790, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22815
• Dae Jaweon: page 1204, character 39
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2653, character 8
• Unihan data for U+76AD

Chinese

simp. and trad.		皭

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
釂	*ʔsewɢs
皭	*ʔsewɢs, *zewɢ
爝	*ʔsewɢs, *ʔsewɢ, *zewɢ
爵	*ʔsewɢ
嚼	*zewɢ
穱	*ʔsreːwɢ
灂	*zreːwɢ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǔ, jiào (cu³, jiao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨˇ, ㄐㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoek³ / ziu³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻu³
    • Yale: tsǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuu
    • Palladius: цу (cu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiào
    • Wade–Giles: chiao⁴
    • Yale: jyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiaw
    • Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: zoek³ / ziu³
    • Yale: jeuk / jiu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoek⁸ / dziu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêg³ / jiu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːk̚³/, /t͡siːu̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsjewH, dzjak

Rime
Character	皭	皭
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	藥 (107)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	子肖切	在爵切
Baxter	tsjewH	dzjak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siᴇuH/	/d͡zɨɐk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛuH/	/d͡ziɐk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjæuH/	/d͡ziɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡siawH/	/d͡zɨak̚/
Li Rong	/t͡siɛuH/	/d͡ziak̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭɛuH/	/d͡zĭak̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ɛuH/	/d͡zʱi̯ak̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiào	jué
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ziu3	zoek6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsewɢs/, /*zewɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	皭	皭
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7254	7260
Phonetic component	爵	爵
Rime group	豹	藥
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	醮	皭
Old Chinese	/*ʔsewɢs/	/*zewɢ/

Definitions

皭

1. clean; unsullied

   • 不獲世之滋垢，皭然泥而不滓者也。 [MSC, trad.]
     不获世之滋垢，皭然泥而不滓者也。 [MSC, simp.]

     Bùhuò shì zhī zīgòu, jiàorán ní ér bùzǐzhěyě. [Pinyin]

     [Qu Yuan did not receive (the influence) of this filthy world, (remained) clean and unsullied. 《史記．卷八四．屈原賈生傳》]

Compounds

• 皭然
• 皭皭

Japanese

Kanji

皭

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しゃく (shaku)、ざく (zaku)、しょう (shō)
• Kun: しろい (shiroi)