氥
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Translingual
Han character
氥 (Kangxi radical 84, 气+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人弓一金田 (ONMCW), four-corner 80617, composition ⿹气西)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 599, character 15
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17062
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2011, character 9
- Unihan data for U+6C25
Chinese
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Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 气 (“gas”) + phonetic 西.
Etymology
Borrowed from English xenon. Obsoleted, as it is homophonous to 硒 (xī, “selenium”).
Pronunciation
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: sai1
- Yale: sāi
- Cantonese Pinyin: sai1
- Guangdong Romanization: sei1
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Definitions
氥