鸂

鸂

鸂 U+9E02, 鸂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9E02 ← 鸁 [U+9E01] CJK Unified Ideographs 鸃 → [U+9E03]

Translingual

Han character

鸂 (radical 196, 鳥+13, 24 strokes, cangjie input 水月大火 (EBKF), four-corner 3712₇, composition ⿰溪鳥)

References

• KangXi: page 1502, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47395
• Dae Jaweon: page 2032, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4666, character 11
• Unihan data for U+9E02

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Chinese

trad.		鸂
simp.		㶉
variant forms		䳶 𤄬

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (奚) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
謑	*qʰraːs, *qʰreːs, *ɡeːʔ
膎	*ɡreː
鞵	*ɡreː
榽	*ɡreː, *ɡeː
鷄	*keː
雞	*keː
谿	*kʰeː
嵠	*kʰeː
溪	*kʰeː
磎	*kʰeː
螇	*kʰeː, *ɡeː
鸂	*kʰeː
奚	*ɡeː
豯	*ɡeː
徯	*ɡeː, *ɡeːʔ
蹊	*ɡeː
騱	*ɡeː
傒	*ɡeː
鼷	*ɡeː
蒵	*ɡeː, *ɡeːs
貕	*ɡeː
慀	*ɡeːs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kʰeː) : phonetic 溪 (OC *kʰeː) + semantic 鳥 (“bird”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī, qī

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ, ㄑㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: xī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
    • Wade–Giles: hsih¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Pinyin: qī
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ
    • Wade–Giles: ch'ih¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chi
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kai¹
    • Yale: kāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kei¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɐi̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /kʰei/▼

Rime
Character	鸂
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	苦奚切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰei/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰei/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɛj/
Li Rong	/kʰei/
Wang Li	/kʰiei/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qī

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰeː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鸂
Reading #	1/1
No.	13363
Phonetic component	奚
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	谿
Old Chinese	/*kʰeː/

Definitions

鸂

1. Only used in 鸂鶒／㶉𫛶 (xīchì).

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Japanese

Kanji

鸂

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けい (kei)
• Kun: おしどり (oshidori)