鼜

鼜 U+9F1C, 鼜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9F1C ← 鼛 [U+9F1B] CJK Unified Ideographs 鼝 → [U+9F1D]

Translingual

Han character

鼜 (Kangxi radical 207, 鼓+10, 23 strokes, cangjie input 土水水戈戈 (GEEII), four-corner 4413₆, composition ⿱鼓蚤)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1527, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48374
• Dae Jaweon: page 2063, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4766, character 13
• Unihan data for U+9F1C

Chinese

trad.		鼜
simp. #		鼜

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
蚤	*ʔsuːʔ
慅	*sʰuːʔ, *suː
騷	*suː
搔	*suː
鰠	*suː
溞	*suː
颾	*suː
瘙	*suːs
瑵	*ʔsruːʔ
糔	*suʔ
鼜	*sʰɯːwɢ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cào, qì (cao⁴, qi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˋ, ㄑㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cào
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cào
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao⁴
    • Yale: tsàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaw
    • Palladius: цао (cao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qì
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cì
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi⁴
    • Yale: chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chih
    • Palladius: ци (ci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tshek

Rime
Character	鼜
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	錫 (127)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	倉歷切
Baxter	tshek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰek̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰiek̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰiek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cik1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰɯːwɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鼜
Reading #	1/1
No.	16563
Phonetic component	蚤
Rime group	覺
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	戚
Old Chinese	/*sʰɯːwɢ/

Definitions

鼜

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to beat drums at night