巸

巸	U+5DF8, 巸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5DF8

← 巷
[U+5DF7]

CJK Unified Ideographs

巹 →
[U+5DF9]

Translingual

Han character

巸 (Kangxi radical 49, 己+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 尸中口山 (SLRU), composition ⿰𦣞巳(GT) or ⿰𦣝巳(JK))

(archaic) wide chin
grow

Derived characters

𩝮, 𬦘, 𫿉, 媐, 𢞍, 𤌇, 熙

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 327, character 10
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8757
Dae Jaweon: page 631, character 16
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 986, character 8
Unihan data for U+5DF8

Chinese

simp. and trad.		巸

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 巸
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
巳	ljɯʔ, lɯs
祀	*ljɯʔ
汜	*ljɯʔ
戺	*zrɯʔ
起	*kʰɯʔ
熙	*qʰlɯ
媐	qʰlɯ, lɯ
圯	*lɯ
异	lɯ, lɯs
巸	*lɯ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *lɯ): semantic 𦣞 (“chin”) + phonetic 巳 (OC *ljɯʔ, *lɯs). 𦣞 may also act as a phonetic component.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yí (yi²)

(Zhuyin): ㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yí
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yí
  - Wade–Giles: i²
  - Yale: yí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yi
  - Palladius: и (i)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ji⁴
  - Yale: yìh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹/

Middle Chinese: yi

Rime
Character	巸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	與之切
Baxter	yi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/jɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/ie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨ/
Li Rong	/iə/
Wang Li	/jĭə/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*lɯ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	巸
Reading #	1/1
No.	12016
Phonetic component	巳
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	飴
Old Chinese	/*lɯ/

Definitions

巸

References

(Cantonese) Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 2), p. 102

Japanese

Kanji

巸

(Hyōgai kanji)

hiroi ago: broad chin (archaic)
ōkii: big

Readings

On (unclassified): い (i)、き (ki)
Kun: ひろいあご (hiroiago)、おおきい (ōkī)
Nanori: ひろし (hiroshi)