淅

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淅	U+6DC5, 淅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DC5

← 淄
[U+6DC4]

CJK Unified Ideographs

淆 →
[U+6DC6]

Translingual

Han character

淅 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水木竹中 (EDHL), four-corner 3212₁, composition ⿰氵析)

water used to wash rice
to wash rice

Derived characters

𥼔

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 629, character 5
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17617
Dae Jaweon: page 1031, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1642, character 7
Unihan data for U+6DC5

Chinese

simp. and trad.		淅

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
菥	se, seːɡ
蜤	*se
析	*seːɡ
皙	*seːɡ
蜥	*seːɡ
淅	*seːɡ
惁	*seːɡ
晰	*seːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *seːɡ) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 析 (OC *seːɡ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xī (xi¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sek

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/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: sik¹
  - Yale: sīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: xig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek
  - Tâi-lô: sik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seg
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪk̚³²/

Middle Chinese: sek

Rime
Character	淅
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	錫 (127)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	先擊切
Baxter	sek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/sek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/sɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/sek̚/
Wang Li	/siek̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/siek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sik¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*seːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	淅
Reading #	1/1
No.	13319
Phonetic component	析
Rime group	錫
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	錫
Old Chinese	/*seːɡ/

Definitions

淅

(formal) to wash rice
a surname

Synonyms

淘米 (táomǐ)

Usage notes

Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian (《现代汉语规范词典》) specifically proscribes the substitution of '浙 (zhè)' with '淅'.

Compounds

References

“淅”, 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

淅

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: しゃく (shaku)
Kan-on: せき (seki)
Kun: よなぐ (yonagu)、かしよね (kashiyone)

Korean

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰʌ̹k̚]
Phonetic hangul: [석]

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

淅

Wikisource

淅 (eum 석 (seok))

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Vietnamese

Han character

淅: Hán Nôm readings: tích

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Translingual

Han character

Derived characters

References

Chinese

Glyph origin

Pronunciation

Definitions

Synonyms

Usage notes

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

Readings

Korean

Etymology

Pronunciation

Hanja

Vietnamese

Han character

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