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㜎	U+370E, 㜎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-370E

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Translingual

Han character

㜎 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女月女大 (VBVK), composition ⿰女奚)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 269, character 8
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1072, character 9
Unihan data for U+370E

Chinese

simp. and trad.		㜎

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 奚 (OC *ɡeː).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hai⁴

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–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hai⁴
  - Yale: hàih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐi̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: hej

Rime
Character	㜎
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	胡雞切
Baxter	hej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦei/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦei/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɛj/
Li Rong	/ɣei/
Wang Li	/ɣiei/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hai⁴

Definitions

㜎

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) female slave

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xì (xi⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xì
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sì
  - Wade–Giles: hsi⁴
  - Yale: syì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shih
  - Palladius: си (si)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹/

Definitions

㜎

(historical dictionaries only) lacking in courage; timid
(historical dictionaries only) jealous woman