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U+4E47, 乇
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E47

[U+4E46]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4E48]

Translingual

Han character

(radical 4, 丿+2, 3 strokes, cangjie input 竹心 (HP), four-corner 20714, composition丿)

References

  • KangXi: page 82, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 120
  • Dae Jaweon: page 165, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 32, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+4E47

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu Slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts



References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*ʔr'aː, *ʔr'aːɡs
*ʔr'aːɡs
*ʔr'aːɡs
*ʔr'aːɡs, *ʔl'aːb, *ʔl'aːɡ, *l̥ʰaːɡ, *ʔr'eːɡ
*ʔr'aːɡs, *hr'aːʔ, *ʔl'aːɡs
*hr'aː, *hr'aːɡs
*hr'aːɡs
*r'aː, *ʔl'aːɡs
*ʔl'aːɡs
*blaːɡ
*l̥ʰaːɡ
*l̥ʰaːɡ
*l̥ʰaːɡ
*l̥ʰaːɡ, *raːɡ, *ʔr'aːɡ
*l̥ʰaːɡ
*l̥ʰaːɡ
*l'aːɡ
*pr'aːɡ
*ʔr'aːɡ
*ʔr'aːɡ
*r'aːɡ
*ʔr'eːɡ

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.

Pronunciation



BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zhé
Middle
Chinese
‹ træk ›
Old
Chinese
/*tˁrak/
English plant leaves

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 16928
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ʔr'aːɡ/
Notes

Definitions

  1. grass leaf

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to entrust; to commit to someone's care; etc.”).
(This character, , is a variant form of .)

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.

Borrowed from English torr.

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. (obsolete) torr
See also
  • (tuō) (current glyph)

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. (Min Dong) thing; stuff
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 東西 (“thing, object”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 東西
Mandarin Beijing 東西
Jinan 東西
Xi'an 東西
Wuhan 東西, 家伙
Chengdu 東西
Yangzhou 東子, 東西
Hefei 東西
Cantonese Guangzhou
Hong Kong
Shunde
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)
Taishan
Dongguan
Shaoguan
Yunfu
Yangjiang
Xinyi
Lianjiang
Nanning
Gan Nanchang 東西
Hakka Meixian 東西
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 東西
Liudui (S. Sixian) 東西
Hsinchu (Hailu) 東西
Dongshi (Dabu) 東西
Hsinchu (Raoping) 東西
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 物件
Huizhou Jixi 物事
Jin Taiyuan 東西
Min Bei Jian'ou 物事
Min Dong Fuzhou
Min Nan Xiamen 物件,
Quanzhou 物件
Zhangzhou 物件
Taipei 物件
Kaohsiung 物仔, 物件
Tainan 物仔, 物件
Taichung 物件
Hsinchu 物件
Lukang , 物件
Sanxia 物件
Yilan 物仔, 物件
Kinmen , 物件
Magong , 物件
Penang 物件
Philippines (Manila) 物件
Chaozhou 物件,
Wu Shanghai 物事
Suzhou 物事
Wenzhou 物事, 物色, 名堂
Xiang Changsha 東西, 家伙
Shuangfeng 東西, 家伙

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. to depend on
  2. to entrust with

Readings

  • Go-on: ちゃく (chaku)
  • Kan-on: たく (taku)

Korean

Hanja

(tak) (hangeul , revised tak, McCuneReischauer t'ak, Yale thak)

  1. to request
  2. leaf
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