僿

僿	U+50FF, 僿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50FF

← 僾
[U+50FE]

CJK Unified Ideographs

儀 →
[U+5100]

Translingual

Han character

僿 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+13, 15 strokes, cangjie input 人十廿土 (OJTG), four-corner 2321₄, composition ⿰亻塞)

small, minute
lacking sincerity

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 118, character 20
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1171
Dae Jaweon: page 251, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 229, character 3
Unihan data for U+50FF

Chinese

simp. and trad.		僿

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
賽	*slɯːɡs
塞	slɯːɡs, slɯːɡ
簺	*slɯːɡs
僿	*hljɯɡs
寨	zraːds, slɯːɡ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sài (sai⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ / sai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sài
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sài
  - Wade–Giles: sai⁴
  - Yale: sài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: say
  - Palladius: сай (saj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: si¹ / sai³
  - Yale: sī / sai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ / sai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ / sei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵/, /sɐi̯³³/

Middle Chinese: syiH

Rime
Character	僿
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	式吏切
Baxter	syiH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕɨ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕie^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕɨ^H/
Li Rong	/ɕiə^H/
Wang Li	/ɕĭə^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*hljɯɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	僿
Reading #	1/1
No.	10960
Phonetic component	塞
Rime group	代
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	試
Old Chinese	/*hljɯɡs/
Notes	見史記

Definitions

僿

small, minute
lacking sincerity

References

“僿”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

僿

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): し (shi)、さい (sai)
Kun: うすい (usui)、まことがない (makotoganai)

Korean

Hanja

僿 • (sa) (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune–Reischauer sa)

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