淒

淒

See also: 凄

淒 U+6DD2, 淒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DD2 ← 淑 [U+6DD1] CJK Unified Ideographs 淓 → [U+6DD3]

Translingual

Han character

淒 (radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水十中女 (EJLV), four-corner 3514₄, composition ⿰氵妻)

References

• KangXi: page 629, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17635
• Dae Jaweon: page 1031, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1645, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6DD2

---

Chinese

trad.		淒
simp.		凄

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (妻) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
妻	*sʰiːl, *sʰiːls
萋	*sʰiːl
淒	*sʰiːl
凄	*sʰiːl
悽	*sʰiːl
鶈	*sʰiːl
郪	*sʰiːl, *sʰil
緀	*sʰiːl, *sʰiːlʔ
霋	*sʰiːl
棲	*siːl

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qī (qi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cai¹
• Min Nan (POJ): chhe / chhi

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qī
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ
    • Wade–Giles: ch'ih¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chi
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cai¹
    • Yale: chāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cei¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhe
    • Tâi-lô: tshe
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhef
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰe³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhi
    • Tâi-lô: tshi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chy
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴/

---

• Middle Chinese: /t͡sʰei/▼

Rime
Character	淒
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	七稽切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰei/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰei/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɛj/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰei/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰiei/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qī

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰiːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	淒
Reading #	1/1
No.	9915
Phonetic component	妻
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	妻
Old Chinese	/*sʰiːl/

Definitions

淒

1. chilly; cold
2. miserable

Compounds

孤淒／孤凄 淒冷／凄冷 淒切／凄切 (qīqiè) 淒厲／凄厉 (qīlì) 淒咽／凄咽 淒婉／凄婉 淒慘／凄惨 (qīcǎn) 淒斷／凄断 淒楚／凄楚 (qīchǔ)

淒涼／凄凉 (qīliáng) 淒淒／凄凄 淒淒慘慘／凄凄惨惨 淒清／凄清 淒滄／凄沧 淒然／凄然 (qīrán) 淒絕／凄绝 淒緊／凄紧 淒美／凄美 (qīměi)

淒薄／凄薄 淒豔／凄艳 淒迷／凄迷 淒風／凄风 淒風苦雨／凄风苦雨 淒飆／凄飙 苦雨淒風／苦雨凄风 音容淒斷／音容凄断 風雨淒淒／风雨凄凄

---

Japanese

Kanji

淒

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Readings

• On (unclassified): せい (sei), さい (sai)
• Kun: さむい (samui)

---

Korean

Hanja

淒 • (cheo) (hangeul 처, revised cheo, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏ, Yale che)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

---

Vietnamese

Han character

淒 (thê)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.