尰

尰

尰 U+5C30, 尰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C30 ← 尯 [U+5C2F] CJK Unified Ideographs 就 → [U+5C31]

Translingual

Han character

尰 (Kangxi radical 43, 尢+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 大山竹十土 (KUHJG), four-corner 4201₁, composition ⿺尢重)

1. swell
2. swelling of the legs

References

• KangXi: page 299, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7594
• Dae Jaweon: page 954, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 555, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5C30

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		尰

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
撞	*rdoːŋ, *rdoːŋs
幢	*rdoːŋ, *rdoːŋs
橦	*rdoːŋ, *doːŋ, *tjoŋ
噇	*rdoːŋ
𩪘	*rdoːŋ
艟	*rdoːŋs, *tʰjoŋ
憧	*rdoːŋs, *tʰjoŋ
畽	*tʰoːnʔ, *tʰuːnʔ
董	*toːŋʔ
蕫	*toːŋʔ, *doːŋ
箽	*toːŋʔ
懂	*toːŋʔ
湩	*toːŋs, *tuːŋʔ, *toŋs
曈	*tʰoːŋ, *tʰoːŋʔ, *doːŋ
童	*doːŋ
僮	*doːŋ
瞳	*doːŋ
罿	*doːŋ, *tʰjoŋ
犝	*doːŋ
潼	*doːŋ, *tʰjoŋ
穜	*doːŋ, *doŋ
動	*doːŋʔ
慟	*doːŋs
堹	*toŋs
諥	*toŋs
蹱	*tʰoŋ, *tʰoŋs, *tjoŋ
重	*doŋ, *doŋʔ, *doŋs
緟	*doŋ, *doŋs
蝩	*doŋ
褈	*doŋ, *tʰjoŋ
鐘	*tjoŋ, *tjoŋ
鍾	*tjoŋ
籦	*tjoŋ
種	*tjoŋʔ, *tjoŋs
腫	*tjoŋʔ
踵	*tjoŋʔ
歱	*tjoŋʔ
喠	*tjoŋʔ, *tʰjoŋʔ
偅	*tjoŋs
衝	*tʰjoŋ
揰	*tʰjoŋs
尰	*djoŋʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǒng, chòng (zhong³, chong⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥˇ, ㄔㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung⁶, zung², cung³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǒng
    • Wade–Giles: chung³
    • Yale: jǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: joong
    • Palladius: чжун (čžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chòng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻung⁴
    • Yale: chùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chonq
    • Palladius: чун (čun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung⁶, zung², cung³
    • Yale: juhng, júng, chung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung⁶, dzung², tsung³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung⁶, zung², cung³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ²²/, /t͡sʊŋ³⁵/, /t͡sʰʊŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /d͡ʑɨoŋ^X/

Rime
Character	尰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	時宂切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑɨoŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑioŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑioŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑuawŋX/
Li Rong	/ʑioŋX/
Wang Li	/ʑĭwoŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯woŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shòng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sung6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*djoŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	尰
Reading #	1/1
No.	17486
Phonetic component	重
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*djoŋʔ/
Notes	見詩

Definitions

尰

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References

• “尰”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

尰

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. swelling

Readings

• Go-on: じゅ (ju)^{←じゆ (zyu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←しよう (syou, historical)}
• Kun: おめあし (omeashi); こい (koi)^{←こひ (kofi, historical)}

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
尰
おめあし Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
瘇

Compound of おめ (ome, of unknown meaning) +‎ 足, 脚 (ashi, “foot, leg”).[1]

First appears in the 和名類聚抄 (Wamyō Ruijushō) of roughly 934 CE, with the later sense appearing in 1793.[1]

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• IPA^(key): [o̞me̞a̠ɕi]

Noun

尰(おめあし) • (omeashi) 

1. (archaic, possibly obsolete) a kind of beriberi (vitamin B deficiency) causing swelling of the lower leg [since 934]

   Synonyms: 尰 (koi), 尰足 (koiashi), 尰脛 (koizune)

2. (archaic, possibly obsolete) a predicament [since 1793]

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
尰
こい Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

/kofi/ → /kowi/ → /koi/

Unknown, a surface analysis suggests that this is the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of a verb *kofu (“to swell”), but no such word seems to exist.

Appears in the 和名類聚抄 (Wamyō Ruijushō) of roughly 934 CE.[1][2]

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• IPA^(key): [ko̞i]

Noun

尰(こい) • (koi) ^{←こひ (kofi)?}

1. (archaic, possibly obsolete) a kind of beriberi (vitamin B deficiency) causing swelling of the lower leg
   • c. 974, Fujiwara no Michitsuna no Haha, Kagerō Nikki

     ...木(き)を製(つく)りたる男(をとこ)の片(かた)足(あし)にこゐつきたるに...

     ...ki o tsukuritaru otoko no kataashi ni koi tsukitaru ni...

     (please add an English translation of this example)

   Synonyms: 尰 (omeashi), 尰足 (koiashi), 尰脛 (koizune)

Derived terms

• 尰(こい)足(あし) (koiashi)
• 尰(こい)脛(ずね) (koizune)

See also

• 脚(かっ)気(け) (kakke, “beriberi”)

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN