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燮 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 火火水 (FFE), four-corner 99407, composition ⿱⿲火言火又)
- 㦪 㰔 𤫉 躞 㽊 𠑄 𡄕 𢹒 𪱓 𪸂 𥍆 𧕊 𩎃 𩙜
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 685, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19481
- Dae Jaweon: page 1098, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 402, character 12
- Unihan data for U+71EE
| trad. | 燮 |
|---|---|
| simp. # | 燮 |
| alternative forms | 爕夑㸉𤏻𤎬爕夑㸉𤏻𤎬𤍛 |
| | Old Chinese | | | -------------------------------- | ------ | | 燮 | *seːb | | 躞 | *seːb |
In the oracle bone script, an ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : a hand (又) holding an object (?) among three or more fires (火). Meaning and significance uncertain.
Various hypotheses exist: possibly poking at firewood, holding a tool inside flames, lighting fires with a torch, etc.
Later, an ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 又 (“hand”) + 辛 (“tool”) + 炏 (“fire”). In the small seal script, the 辛 component came to be written 言, giving rise to the modern form.
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
* Hanyu Pinyin: xiè
* Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˋ
* Tongyong Pinyin: siè
* Wade–Giles: hsieh4
* Yale: syè
* Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieh
* Palladius: се (se)
* Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
* Jyutping: sit3 / sip3
* Yale: sit / sip
* Cantonese Pinyin: sit8 / sip8
* Guangdong Romanization: xid3 / xib3
* Sinological IPA (key): /siːt̚³/, /siːp̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Middle Chinese: sep
Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*s.qʰˤ(r)ip/
(Zhengzhang): /*seːb/
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 燮 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| ModernBeijing(Pinyin) | xiè |
| MiddleChinese | ‹ sep › |
| OldChinese | /*s.qʰˁ(r)ip/ |
| English | harmonious |
| 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 | 燮 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13797 |
| Phoneticcomponent | 燮 |
| Rimegroup | 盍 |
| Rimesubdivision | 2 |
| CorrespondingMC rime | 燮 |
| OldChinese | /*seːb/ |
燮
- (literary) to harmonize; to mediate; to bring together
- (literary) harmonious; amiable
- a surname
“燮”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
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