淒

See also: 凄

淒	U+6DD2, 淒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DD2

← 淑
[U+6DD1]

CJK Unified Ideographs

淓 →
[U+6DD3]

Translingual

Han character

淒 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水十中女 (EJLV), four-corner 3514₄, composition ⿰氵妻)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 629, character 23
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17635
Dae Jaweon: page 1031, character 15
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1645, character 2
Unihan data for U+6DD2

Chinese

trad.		淒
simp.		凄^*
alternative forms		凄

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
妻	sʰiːl, sʰiːls
萋	*sʰiːl
淒	*sʰiːl
凄	*sʰiːl
悽	*sʰiːl
鶈	*sʰiːl
郪	sʰiːl, sʰil
緀	sʰiːl, sʰiːlʔ
霋	*sʰiːl
棲	*siːl

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qī (qi¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cai¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhe / chhi

(Teochew, Peng'im): ci¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qī
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ci
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi¹
  - Yale: chī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chi
  - Palladius: ци (ci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: cai¹
  - Yale: chāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhe
  - Tâi-lô: tshe
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhef
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰe³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhi
  - Tâi-lô: tshi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chy
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ci¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰi³³/

Middle Chinese: tshej

Rime
Character	淒
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	七稽切
Baxter	tshej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰei/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰei/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɛj/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰei/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰiei/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cai¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*sʰiːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	淒
Reading #	1/1
No.	9915
Phonetic component	妻
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	妻
Old Chinese	/*sʰiːl/

Definitions

淒

chilly; cold; frigid
(alt. form 悽) miserable; sorrowful; sad

Compounds

孤淒 / 孤凄
悲淒 / 悲凄 (bēiqī)
淒冷 / 凄冷
淒切 / 凄切 (qīqiè)
淒厲 / 凄厉 (qīlì)
淒咽 / 凄咽
淒婉 / 凄婉
淒慘 / 凄惨 (qīcǎn)
淒斷 / 凄断
淒楚 / 凄楚 (qīchǔ)
淒清 / 凄清 (qīqīng)
淒涼 / 凄凉 (qīliáng)
淒淒 / 凄凄
淒淒慘慘 / 凄凄惨惨
淒滄 / 凄沧
淒然 / 凄然 (qīrán)
淒絕 / 凄绝
淒緊 / 凄紧
淒美 / 凄美 (qīměi)
淒薄 / 凄薄
淒豔 / 凄艳
淒迷 / 凄迷
淒風 / 凄风
淒風苦雨 / 凄风苦雨
淒飆 / 凄飙
苦雨淒風 / 苦雨凄风
音容淒斷 / 音容凄断
風雨淒淒 / 风雨凄凄

Pronunciation 2

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhe̍h / chhē

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhe̍h
  - Tâi-lô: tshe̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zheh
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰeʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰeʔ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhē
  - Tâi-lô: tshē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhe
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰe²²/

Definitions

淒

(Hokkien) to go downhill; to decline; to be on the wane
(Quanzhou Hokkien) to suspend

Synonyms

(to suspend): 暫停／暂停 (zàntíng)

Japanese

Kanji

淒

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: さい (sai)
Kan-on: せい (sei)
Kun: さむい (samui, 淒い)、すごい (sugoi, 淒い)、すごむ (sugomu, 淒む)、すさまじい (susamajii, 淒まじい)

Korean

Hanja

淒 • (cheo) (hangeul 처, revised cheo, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏ, Yale che)

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Vietnamese

Han character

淒: Hán Nôm readings: thê

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