秝

秝	U+79DD, 秝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-79DD

← 秜
[U+79DC]

CJK Unified Ideographs

秞 →
[U+79DE]

Translingual

Han character

秝 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹木竹木 (HDHD), four-corner 2299₄, composition ⿰禾禾)

(Cantonese) excessively thin

Descendants

厤

Derived characters

䔉, 厤

Additional Derived Characters

𥕆, 𥣸, 𤳂, 𥠼, 𥡀, 𦼖, 𱶟, 𥢮, 𩄞, 𱶨, 𥣻, 𥣠, 𬓶, 𬓷, 𥢲, 𥢺, 𥣤, 𢊆, 𧛿, 𤻤, 𥣲, 𧆕

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 851, character 18
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24983
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2600, character 5
Unihan data for U+79DD

Chinese

simp. and trad.		秝

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 秝
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
秝	*reːɡ
歷	*reːɡ
曆	*reːɡ
磿	*reːɡ
靂	*reːɡ
癧	*reːɡ
櫪	*reːɡ
藶	*reːɡ
瀝	*reːɡ
攊	*reːɡ
厤	*reːɡ

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 禾 + 禾.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lì (li⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lik⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lì
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lì
  - Wade–Giles: li⁴
  - Yale: lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih
  - Palladius: ли (li)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: lik⁶
  - Yale: lihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪk̚²/

Middle Chinese: lek

Rime
Character	秝
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	錫 (127)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	郎擊切
Baxter	lek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/lek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/lɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/lek̚/
Wang Li	/liek̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/liek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lik⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*reːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	秝
Reading #	1/1
No.	7979
Phonetic component
Rime group	錫
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	靂
Old Chinese	/*reːɡ/

Definitions

秝

(obsolete) sparse; thinly spread; few and scattered; few and far between

Japanese

Kanji

秝

(Hyōgai kanji)

to line up

Readings

On (unclassified): れき (reki)、りゃく (ryaku)
Kun: ならぶ (narabu)