厎

厎

See also: 底

厎 U+538E, 厎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-538E ← 厍 [U+538D] CJK Unified Ideographs 厏 → [U+538F]

Translingual

Han character

厎 (radical 27, 厂+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 一竹心一 (MHPM), four-corner 7124₂, composition ⿸厂氐)

1. settle
2. whetstone
3. old form of 砥

Derived characters

• 𬢬, 𦰘

References

• KangXi: page 160, character 40
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2918
• Dae Jaweon: page 367, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 70, character 5
• Unihan data for U+538E

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Chinese

trad.		厎
simp. #		厎

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (氐) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
低	*tiːl
氐	*tiːl, *til
袛	*tiːl
羝	*tiːl
眡	*tiːl, *djilʔ
岻	*tiːl, *dil
奃	*tiːl
趆	*tiːl, *tiːls
柢	*tiːl, *tiːlʔ, *tiːls
邸	*tiːlʔ
底	*tiːlʔ
詆	*tiːlʔ, *diːl
坻	*tiːlʔ, *tjelʔ, *dil
抵	*tiːlʔ
牴	*tiːlʔ
觝	*tiːlʔ
弤	*tiːlʔ
軧	*tiːlʔ
骶	*tiːls
砥	*tjelʔ, *tjil, *tjilʔ, *tjils
胝	*til
疷	*til
秪	*til
泜	*dil
蚳	*dil
彽	*dil
阺	*dil
貾	*dil
祗	*tjil
厎	*tjilʔ, *tjɯʔ
茋	*tjilʔ
鴟	*tʰjil
汦	*kjeʔ, *tjil

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǐ (di³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˇ
    • Wade–Giles: tih³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dii
    • IPA ^(key): /ti²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi²
    • Yale: jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕˠiɪ^X/, /t͡ɕɨ^X/▼

Rime
Character	厎	厎
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III	III
Fanqie	職雉切	諸市切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕˠiɪX/	/t͡ɕɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕᵚiX/	/t͡ɕɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕiɪX/	/t͡ɕieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cjiX/	/cɨX/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕjiX/	/t͡ɕiəX/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕiX/	/t͡ɕĭəX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕiX/	/t͡ɕiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhǐ	zhǐ

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjilʔ/, /*tjɯʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	厎	厎
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	2272	2278
Phonetic component	氐	氐
Rime group	脂	之
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	旨	止
Old Chinese	/*tjilʔ/	/*tjɯʔ/
Notes		變音

Definitions

厎

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Japanese

Kanji

厎

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Not generally used in Japanese.

1. a whetstone: と (to), more commonly spelled using 砥
2. to polish: みがく (migaku), more commonly spelled using 磨
3. to flatten: たいらにする (taira ni suru), more commonly spelled using 平

Readings

• On (unclassified): し (shi), とう (tō), てい (tei), ち (chi)
• Kun: と (to), みがく (migaku), たいらにする (taira ni suru)

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Korean

Hanja

厎 • (ji) (hangeul 지, revised ji, McCune–Reischauer chi)

1. whetstone