簺

簺

簺 U+7C3A, 簺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7C3A ← 簹 [U+7C39] CJK Unified Ideographs 簻 → [U+7C3B]

Translingual

Han character

簺 (radical 118, 竹+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 竹十廿土 (HJTG), composition ⿱𥫗塞)

References

• KangXi: page 901, character 48
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26611
• Dae Jaweon: page 1327, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3023, character 8
• Unihan data for U+7C3A

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		簺
variant forms		塞

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (塞) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
賽	*slɯːɡs
塞	*slɯːɡs, *slɯːɡ
簺	*slɯːɡs
僿	*hljɯɡs
寨	*zraːds, *slɯːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sài (sai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄞˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: sài
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄞˋ
    • Wade–Giles: sai⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: say
    • IPA ^(key): /saɪ̯⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /sʌi^H/▼

Rime
Character	簺
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	先代切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/səiH/
Shao Rongfen	/sɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/səjH/
Li Rong	/sᴀiH/
Wang Li	/sɒiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/sɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sài

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*slɯːɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	簺
Reading #	1/1
No.	10959
Phonetic component	塞
Rime group	代
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	賽
Old Chinese	/*slɯːɡs/

Definitions

簺

1. an ancient gambling game
2. bamboo fish-catching device

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Japanese

Kanji

簺

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): さい (sai)
• Kun: そご (sogo), ふだ (fuda)