醯

醯

醯 U+91AF, 醯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-91AF ← 醮 [U+91AE] CJK Unified Ideographs 醰 → [U+91B0]

Translingual

Han character

醯 (Kangxi radical 164, 酉+12, 19 strokes, cangjie input 一田卜戈廿 (MWYIT), four-corner 1061₇, composition ⿰酉⿱㐬皿)

References

• KangXi: page 1287, character 37
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40036
• Dae Jaweon: page 1788, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3599, character 3
• Unihan data for U+91AF

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Chinese

trad.		醯
simp. #		醯

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
橀	*qʰɯːʔ, *qʰeː
醯	*qʰeː

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: si
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹
    • Yale: syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei¹
    • Yale: hēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /hei/

Rime
Character	醯
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	呼雞切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hei/
Pan Wuyun	/hei/
Shao Rongfen	/xɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɛj/
Li Rong	/xei/
Wang Li	/xiei/
Bernard Karlgren	/xiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hai1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰeː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	醯
Reading #	1/1
No.	13349
Phonetic component	醯
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	醯
Old Chinese	/*qʰeː/

Definitions

醯

1. (literary) vinegar
2. (organic chemistry, dated, still used in Taiwan) acyl

Synonyms

• (acyl): 酰 (xiān) (Mainland, Hong Kong)

Compounds

乙醯 (yǐxī) 醯人 醯基 醯胺 (xī'àn)

醯醢 (xīhǎi) 井蛙醯雞／井蛙醯鸡 甕裡醯雞／瓮里醯鸡 醯胺類／醯胺类

醯醬／醯酱 醯雞／醯鸡 醯雞甕裡／醯鸡瓮里

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Japanese

Kanji

醯

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: け (ke)
• Kan-on: けい (kei)
• Kun: す (su)

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Korean

Hanja

醯 (eumhun 식혜 혜 (sikhye hye))

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Vietnamese

Han character

醯: Hán Nôm readings: ê

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