楪子

楪子

Chinese

		small dish; window	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
simp. and trad. (楪子)		楪	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diézi

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄝˊ ˙ㄗ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: diézi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄝˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dye.tzy
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diézi̊h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tjɛ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/

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• Middle Chinese: /jiᴇp̚  t͡sɨ^X/

Rime
Character	楪	子
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	葉 (155)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	與涉切	即里切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇp̚/	/t͡sɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛp̚/	/t͡sɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/jæp̚/	/t͡sieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiap̚/	/t͡sɨX/
Li Rong	/iɛp̚/	/t͡siəX/
Wang Li	/jĭɛp̚/	/t͡sĭəX/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛp̚/	/t͡siX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yè	zǐ

Noun

楪子

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of 碟子 (diézi).

   • 南人皆呼為蟹。〈有大如小楪子者。八月，此物與人鬭，往往夾殺人也。〉 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     南人皆呼为蟹。〈有大如小楪子者。八月，此物与人鬭，往往夹杀人也。〉 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Taiping Yulan (Readings of the Taiping Era), 977 – 983 CE

     Nánrén jiē hū wèi xiè. ‘yǒu dà rú xiǎo diézǐ zhě. Bāyuè, cǐ wù yǔ rén dòu, wǎngwǎng jiā shārén yě.’ [Pinyin]

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   • 臣愈答曰：「雄州相見，送三司人茶、絹、銀楪子等。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     臣愈答曰：“雄州相见，送三司人茶、绢、银楪子等。” [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1064-1080 AD, 陳襄, 《使遼語錄》

     Chén Yù dá yuē: “Xióng zhōu xiàngjiàn, sòng sānsī rén chá, juàn, yín diézǐ děng.” [Pinyin]

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   • 蒙正笑曰：「吾面不過楪子大，安用照二百里哉？」聞者歎服。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     蒙正笑曰：“吾面不过楪子大，安用照二百里哉？”闻者叹服。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1343-1346 AD, 脫脫 (Toqto'a), 阿魯圖 (Arutu), et al., 《宋史·卷二百六十五·呂蒙正》 (History of Song, Chapter 265)

     Méngzhèng xiào yuē: “Wú miàn bùguò diézǐ dà, ān yòng zhào èrbǎi lǐ zāi?” Wén zhě tàn fú. [Pinyin]

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   • 射銀楪子凡九百九十六片。及事覺。詐收入本司公使簿也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     射银楪子凡九百九十六片。及事觉。诈收入本司公使簿也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1403-1408 AD, 《永樂大典·卷一萬二千四百二十八》 (Yongle Encyclopedia, Chapter 12428)

     Shè yín diézǐ fán jiǔbǎi jiǔshí liù piàn. Jí shì jiào. Zhà shōurù běnsī gōngshǐ bù yě. [Pinyin]

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Descendants

Sino-Xenic (楪子):

• → Japanese: 楪 (ちゃ)子 (つ) (chatsu)
• → Korean: 접자 (楪子, jeopja)