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皀

皀

See also: 良

Translingual

Han character

皀 (radical 106 白+2, 7 strokes, cangjie input 竹日心 (HAP) or X竹日心 (XHAP), composition ⿱白匕)

kernel, seed
enjoy, feast [?]

Derived characters

食 (via 𠊊)
既

Descendants

Changed to (unrelated) 良 in 食.

References

KangXi: page 786, character 1

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22683

Dae Jaweon: page 1201, character 4

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2644, character 6

Unihan data for U+7680

Chinese

simp. and trad.		皀

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 皀
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): jí, bī (ji², bi¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ, ㄅㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bik¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: jí
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ
  - Wade-Giles: chih²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyi
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: bī
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧ
  - Wade-Giles: pih¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bi
  - IPA ^(key): /pi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bik¹
  - Yale: bīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bik⁷
  - IPA ^(key): /pɪk̚⁵/

Middle Chinese: /hɨɐŋ/, /pɨk̚/, /kˠiɪp̚/, /pˠiɪp̚/▼

Rime
Character	皀	皀	皀	皀
Reading #	1/4	2/4	3/4	4/4
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	幫 (1)	見 (28)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	職 (134)	緝 (142)	緝 (142)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	Chongniu III	Chongniu III
Fanqie	許良切	彼側切	居立切	彼及切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨɐŋ/	/pɨk̚/	/kˠiɪp̚/	/pˠiɪp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hiɐŋ/	/pɨk̚/	/kᵚip̚/	/pᵚip̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xiɑŋ/	/piek̚/	/kiep̚/	/piep̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨaŋ/	/pik̚/	/kjip̚/	/pjip̚/
Li Rong	/xiaŋ/	/piək̚/	/kjəp̚/	/pjəp̚/
Wang Li	/xĭaŋ/	/pĭək̚/	/kĭĕp̚/	/pĭĕp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi̯aŋ/	/pi̯ək̚/	/ki̯əp̚/	/pi̯əp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiāng	bi	ji	bi

Old Chinese▼

(Baxter-Sagart): /*qʰaŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*pqrɯɡ/, /*pqrɯb/, /*krɯb/, /*qʰaŋ/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	皀
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiāng
Middle Chinese	‹ xjang ›
Old Chinese	/*qʰaŋ/
English	fragrance
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	皀	皀	皀	皀
Reading #	1/4	2/4	3/4	4/4
No.	481	482	483	13593
Phonetic component	皀	皀	皀	皀
Rime group	職	緝	緝	陽
Rime subdivision	0	1	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	逼	鵖	急	香
Old Chinese	/*pqrɯɡ/	/*pqrɯb/	/*krɯb/	/*qʰaŋ/

Definitions

皀

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References

(Cantonese) Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 2), p. 159

Japanese

Kanji

皀

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On: ひゅう (hyū), きゅう (kyū), ひょく (hyoku)

Kun: かんばしい (kambashii), つぶ (tsubu)

Korean

Hanja

皀 • ‎(geup) (hangeul 급, revised geup, McCune-Reischauer kŭp, Yale kup)

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