泄

See also: 渫 and 洩

泄 U+6CC4, 泄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6CC4 ← 泃 [U+6CC3] CJK Unified Ideographs 泅 → [U+6CC5]

Translingual

Han character

泄 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水心廿 (EPT), four-corner 3411₇, composition ⿰氵世)

Derived characters

• 𦲉

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 615, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17267
• Dae Jaweon: page 1009, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1580, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6CC4

Chinese

simp. and trad.		泄
alternative forms		洩 渫

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
貰	*ɦljebs, *hljebs
跇	*l̥ʰebs, *lebs
迣	*ʔljebs
世	*hljebs
泄	*lebs, *sled
枻	*lebs
詍	*lebs
靾	*lebs
袣	*lebs
抴	*lebs, *led
呭	*lebs
勩	*lebs, *libs
屜	*l̥ʰeːbs
鰈	*l̥ʰaːb, *l'eːb
渫	*zreːb, *sled
煠	*zreːb, *l̥ʰeb, *leb
喋	*rlaːb, *ʔl'eːb, *l'eːb
鞢	*rlaːb, *sleːb
殜	*l'eb, *leb, *lab
葉	*hljeb, *leb
弽	*hljeb, *hleːb
韘	*hljeb, *sleːb
枼	*leb
楪	*leb
揲	*leb, *l'eːb, *ɦljed
鍱	*leb
偞	*leb, *hleːb
蝶	*l̥ʰeːb, *l'eːb
牒	*l'eːb
蹀	*l'eːb
諜	*l'eːb
堞	*l'eːb
牃	*l'eːb
褋	*l'eːb
惵	*l'eːb
碟	*l'eːb
屧	*sleːb
屟	*sleːb
紲	*sled
齛	*sled
疶	*sled
緤	*sled
媟	*sled

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

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character	泄
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	薛 (81)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	私列切
Baxter	sjet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/sjæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siat̚/
Li Rong	/siɛt̚/
Wang Li	/sĭɛt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯ɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xie
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sit3

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	泄
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiè
Middle Chinese	‹ sjet ›
Old Chinese	/*s-lat/
English	leak, ooze
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	泄
Reading #	2/2
No.	11589
Phonetic component	世
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	薛
Old Chinese	/*sled/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiè (xie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sit³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siet
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siè
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh⁴
    • Yale: syè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieh
    • Palladius: се (se)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sit³
    • Yale: sit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: xid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siet
    • Hakka Romanization System: xied^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯et̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siat
    • Tâi-lô: siat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛt̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛt̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: sjet

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-lat/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sled/

Definitions

泄

1. to let out (a fluid or gas); to discharge

   泄洪  ―  xièhóng  ―  to discharge a flood

   排泄  ―  páixiè  ―  to excrete

2. to let out or leak (a secret, news, etc.)

   泄露  ―  xièlù  ―  to divulge; to disclose

   • 卞喜知事泄，大叫：「左右下手！」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14^th century CE

     Biàn Xǐ zhī shì xiè, dà jiào: “Zuǒyòu xiàshǒu!” [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. to vent

   泄憤／泄愤  ―  xièfèn  ―  to vent one's anger

4. (Chinese mythology) Xie of Xia (tenth king of the semi-legendary Xia dynasty)
5. Alternative form of 洩
6. (obsolete) Alternative form of 媟 (xiè)
7. (obsolete, dialectal) to stop

Compounds

• 外泄 (wàixiè)
• 宣泄 (xuānxiè)
• 排泄 (páixiè)
• 排泄器官
• 排泄物 (páixièwù)
• 春光漏泄
• 水泄不通 (shuǐxièbùtōng)
• 泄劑
• 泄沓
• 泄泄 (yìyì)
• 泄泄沓沓
• 泄洪 (xièhóng)
• 泄漏 (xièlòu)
• 泄瀉 (xièxiè)
• 泄露 (xièlù)
• 漏泄 (lòuxiè)
• 漏泄天機
• 發泄 (fāxiè)
• 祕而不泄
• 融泄
• 謀泄事露
• 遺精夢泄 / 遗精梦泄
• 魂消氣泄

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character	泄
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	祭 (35)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	餘制切
Baxter	yejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇiH/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛiH/
Shao Rongfen	/jæiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiajH/
Li Rong	/iɛiH/
Wang Li	/jĭɛiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯ɛiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jai6

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	泄
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yì
Middle Chinese	‹ yejH ›
Old Chinese	/*lat-s/
English	leak, ooze
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	泄
Reading #	1/2
No.	11539
Phonetic component	世
Rime group	蓋
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	曵
Old Chinese	/*lebs/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yì
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴
    • Yale: yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jai⁶
    • Yale: yaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐi̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: yejH

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*lat-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*lebs/

Definitions

泄

1. Used in 泄沓.
2. Used in 泄泄.

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 泄

泄

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. to leak; to escape
2. to excrete

Readings

• Go-on: え (e)^{←え (e, historical)}、せち (sechi)^{←せち (seti, historical)}
• Kan-on: えい (ei)^{←えい (ei, historical)}、せつ (setsu)^{←せつ (setu, historical)}
• Kun: もらす (morasu, 泄らす)、もれる (moreru, 泄れる)

Alternative forms

• 洩

Compounds

• 排(はい)泄(せつ) (haisetsu)
• 漏(ろう)泄(えい) (rōei)
• 漏(ろう)泄(せつ) (rōsetsu)

Korean

Hanja

泄 • (seol, ye) (hangeul 설, 예, revised seol, ye, McCune–Reischauer sŏl, ye, Yale sel, yey)

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Vietnamese

Han character

泄: Hán Nôm readings: tướt, dịa, duệ, tiết, thực

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References

• Nom Foundation