鶈

鶈 U+9D88, 鶈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9D88 ← 鶇 [U+9D87] CJK Unified Ideographs 鶉 → [U+9D89]

Translingual

Han character

鶈 (Kangxi radical 196, 鳥+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 十女竹日火 (JVHAF), four-corner 5742₇, composition ⿰妻鳥)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1493, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47056
• Dae Jaweon: page 2023, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4639, character 21
• Unihan data for U+9D88

Chinese

simp. and trad.		鶈
alternative forms		𨿩

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qī (qi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ

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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/

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• Middle Chinese: tshej

Rime
Character	鶈
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	鶈
Reading #	1/1
No.	9918
Phonetic component	妻
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	妻
Old Chinese	/*sʰiːl/

Definitions

鶈

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a mythical bird