尐

尐	U+5C10, 尐 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C10

← 小
[U+5C0F]

CJK Unified Ideographs

少 →
[U+5C11]

Translingual

Han character

尐 (Kangxi radical 42, 小+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 火人 (FO), four-corner 9030₀, composition ⿱𡭔乀 or ⿱小乀)

Derived characters

𠯙, 𢪍, 𣲡, 𣧖, 𧉍

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 296, character 19
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7474
Dae Jaweon: page 590, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 561, character 3
Unihan data for U+5C10

Chinese

Etymology 1

trad.		尐
simp. ^#		尐

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jié (jie²)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zit³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jié
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jié
  - Wade–Giles: chieh²
  - Yale: jyé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jye
  - Palladius: цзе (cze)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zit³
  - Yale: jit
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzit⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: jid³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːt̚³/

Middle Chinese: tsjwet

Rime
Character	尐
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	薛 (82)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	姊劣切
Baxter	tsjwet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siuᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʷiɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjuæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡swiat̚/
Li Rong	/t͡siuɛt̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭuɛt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯wɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jue
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyut³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ʔsled/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	尐
Reading #	1/1
No.	6437
Phonetic component
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ʔsled/

Definitions

尐

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) few; little

Etymology 2

trad.		尐
simp. ^#		尐

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jí (ji²)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zik¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jí
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jí
  - Wade–Giles: chi²
  - Yale: jí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyi
  - Palladius: цзи (czi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zik¹
  - Yale: jīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: jig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚⁵/

Definitions

尐

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) female cicada with patterns

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 尐 – see 啲 (“a few; a little bit; some; a bit; a bit more; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 啲).

References

“尐”, 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

尐

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): せつ (setsu)、せち (sechi)、しつ (shitsu)、しち (shichi)
Kun: すくない (sukunai, 尐ない)、ちいさい (chīsai, 尐さい)^{←ちひさい (tifisai, 尐さい, historical)}