劓

劓	U+5293, 劓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5293

← 劒
[U+5292]

CJK Unified Ideographs

劔 →
[U+5294]

Translingual

Han character

劓 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+14, 16 strokes, cangjie input 竹中中弓 (HLLN), four-corner 2220₀, composition ⿰鼻刂)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 145, character 13
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2249
Dae Jaweon: page 327, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 360, character 20
Unihan data for U+5293

Chinese

simp. and trad.		劓

Etymology

In a 2023 post, Sagart reconstructs *[ŋ]<r>i[t]-s in place of Baxter-Sagart (2014)'s *[ŋ]rə[t]-s, and compares it with 㓷 (yì)—which he reconstructs as *ŋ<r>[e]t-s—along with various other words relating to "cutting off" with a general base of *ŋˤVt.^[1]

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yì
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yì
  - Wade–Giles: i⁴
  - Yale: yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
  - Palladius: и (i)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ji⁶
  - Yale: yih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gī
  - Tâi-lô: gī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gi
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɡi³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɡi²²/

Middle Chinese: ngijH

Rime
Character	劓
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	魚器切
Baxter	ngijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠiɪ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiɪ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋji^H/
Li Rong	/ŋji^H/
Wang Li	/ŋi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ŋ]rə[t]-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*ŋrids/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	劓
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yì
Middle Chinese	‹ ngij^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[ŋ]rə[t]-s/
English	cut off the nose
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	劓
Reading #	1/1
No.	15167
Phonetic component
Rime group	至
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ŋrids/

Definitions

劓

(historical) punishment by cutting off the nose, one of the 五刑 (wǔxíng, “Five Punishments”)

Compounds

劓刑
息黥補劓 / 息黥补劓

References

^ Laurent Sagart (November 2, 2023). 劓 ‘cut the nose’— a second example of OC ablaut. Sino-Tibetan-Austronesian. Retrieved May 23, 2025 from https://doi.org/10.58079/ukdy

Japanese

Kanji

劓

(Hyōgai kanji)

the practice of cutting off the nose as punishment

Readings

On (unclassified): ぎ (gi)、げい (gei)
Kun: はなきる (hanakiru)、はなきり (hanakiri)、さく (saku)

Definitions

Kanji in this term
劓
はなきり Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 劓 – see the following entry.

【鼻切はなきり】

[noun] (historical) the practice of cutting off the nose as punishment

(This term, 劓, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

劓 (eum 의 (ui))

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Vietnamese

Han character

劓: Hán Nôm readings: nghị

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References

Nom Foundation

[1] Laurent Sagart (November 2, 2023). 劓 ‘cut the nose’— a second example of OC ablaut. Sino-Tibetan-Austronesian. Retrieved May 23, 2025 from https://doi.org/10.58079/ukdy

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