瑎

瑎 U+744E, 瑎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-744E ← 瑍 [U+744D] CJK Unified Ideographs 瑏 → [U+744F]

Translingual

Han character

瑎 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一土心心日 (MGPPA), four-corner 1116₁, composition ⿰𤣩皆)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 737, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21110
• Dae Jaweon: page 1148, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1126, character 2
• Unihan data for U+744E

Chinese

trad.		瑎
simp. #		瑎

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
皆	*kriːl
偕	*kriːl
階	*kriːl
喈	*kriːl
稭	*kriːl, *kriːd
堦	*kriːl
楷	*kriːl, *kʰriːlʔ
鶛	*kriːl
湝	*kriːl, *ɡriːl
蝔	*kriːl, *ɡriːl
鍇	*kriːl, *kʰriːlʔ
揩	*kʰriːl
諧	*ɡriːl
瑎	*ɡriːl
龤	*ɡriːl

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡriːl) : semantic 𤣩 (“jade”) + phonetic 皆 (OC *kriːl)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	瑎
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	皆 (33)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	戸皆切
Baxter	heaj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠɛi/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚæi/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɐi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəɨj/
Li Rong	/ɣɛi/
Wang Li	/ɣɐi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣăi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xié
Expected Cantonese Reflex	haai4

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瑎
Reading #	1/1
No.	6430
Phonetic component	皆
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	諧
Old Chinese	/*ɡriːl/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xié (xie²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xié
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sié
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh²
    • Yale: syé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shye
    • Palladius: се (se)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: haai⁴
    • Yale: hàaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːi̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: heaj

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡriːl/

Definitions

瑎

1. black rock like jade

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiē (jie¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiē
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jie
    • Wade–Giles: chieh¹
    • Yale: jyē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jie
    • Palladius: цзе (cze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gaai¹
    • Yale: gāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːi̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

瑎

For pronunciation and definitions of 瑎 – see 階 (“stair; step; rank; degree; level; seniority; order of precedence; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 階).

Korean

Hanja

瑎 • (hae) (hangeul 해, revised hae, McCune–Reischauer hae, Yale hay)

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