霎

霎

霎 U+970E, 霎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-970E ← 霍 [U+970D] CJK Unified Ideographs 霏 → [U+970F]

Translingual

Han character

霎 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 一月卜廿女 (MBYTV), four-corner 1040₄, composition ⿱雨妾)

References

• KangXi: page 1375, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42322
• Dae Jaweon: page 1884, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4068, character 6
• Unihan data for U+970E

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Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
霎	*sreːb, *sreb
翣	*sraːb
帹	*sraːb
接	*ʔseb
椄	*ʔseb
菨	*ʔseb
鯜	*ʔseb, *sʰeb
妾	*sʰeb
淁	*sʰeb
踥	*sʰeb

Etymology 1

trad.		霎
simp. #		霎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shà (sha⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saap³
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): sap / sa̍p

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siab⁴ / siag⁴

• Wu (Wiktionary): saq (T4)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shà
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shà
    • Wade–Giles: sha⁴
    • Yale: shà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shah
    • Palladius: ша (ša)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: saap³
    • Yale: saap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sab³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːp̚³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sap
    • Tâi-lô: sap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sab
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sap̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sap̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sa̍p
    • Tâi-lô: sa̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sap
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sap̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sap̚²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siab⁴ / siag⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siap / siak
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siap̚²/, /siak̚²/

Note:

• siab4 - Chaozhou;
• siag4 - Chenghai.

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: saq (T4)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sa̱ʔ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʃˠiᴇp̚/, /ʃˠɛp̚/

Rime
Character	霎	霎
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	生 (21)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	鹽 (156)	咸 (152)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	山輒切	山洽切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠiᴇp̚/	/ʃˠɛp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚiɛp̚/	/ʃᵚæp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃiæp̚/	/ʃɐp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂjiap̚/	/ʂəɨp̚/
Li Rong	/ʃjɛp̚/	/ʃɐp̚/
Wang Li	/ʃĭɛp̚/	/ʃɐp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂi̯ɛp̚/	/ʂăp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	she	sha
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sip3	saap3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sreːb/, /*sreb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	霎	霎
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	10460	10471
Phonetic component	妾	妾
Rime group	盍	盍
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	霎	萐
Old Chinese	/*sreːb/	/*sreb/

Definitions

霎

1. (literary or Min Nan) light rain; drizzle
2. (literary, onomatopoeia) The sound of rain or wind.
3. instant; moment
4. short; fleeting
5. (Min Nan) to rain (of a drizzle)
6. (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) crumbs; small pieces

Compounds

一霎 半霎 半霎俄延 片霎 雨霎仔

霎仔 霎洗 霎霎 霎霎仔雨 一時半霎／一时半霎

一霎時／一霎时 霎時／霎时 (shàshí) 霎氣／霎气 霎鬢鬍／霎鬓胡

Etymology 2

trad.		霎
simp. #		霎
alternative forms		輒／辄

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): tiap / tia̍p

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiap
    • Tâi-lô: tiap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diab
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiap̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tia̍p
    • Tâi-lô: tia̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diap
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiap̚⁴/

Definitions

霎

1. (Hokkien) moment; short time

Compounds

一霎仔 一霎仔久

彼霎 霎仔久

這霎／这霎

Etymology 3

trad.		霎
simp. #		霎
alternative forms		譅／𰶎 𢶍

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saap³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: saap³
    • Yale: saap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sab³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːp̚³/

Definitions

霎

1. (Cantonese) to speak a lot or with a lot of effort; to make one's voice become hoarse
2. (Cantonese) to order; to instruct; to holler (at someone to do something)

Compounds

嗌霎

霎戇／霎戆

霎氣／霎气

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Japanese

Kanji

霎

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←せふ (sefu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←せふ (sefu, historical)}; そう (sō)^{←さふ (safu, historical)}
• Kun: こさめ (kosame, 霎)

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Korean

Hanja

霎 (eumhun 잠시 삽 (jamsi sap))

1. Hanja form^? of 삽 (“an instant”).

Compounds

• 삽시간 (霎時間, sapsigan, “a moment; an instant”)