犀

犀 U+7280, 犀
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7280
← 牿
[U+727F] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 犁 →
[U+7281]
犀 U+2F924, 犀
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F924
← 𤘈
[U+2F923] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 犕 →
[U+2F925]

Translingual

Han character

犀 (Kangxi radical 93, 牛+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 尸水竹手 (SEHQ) or 尸卜卜手 (SYYQ), four-corner 77251, composition ⿸尸⿱氺牛)

Derived characters

References

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 犀
2nd round simp. 𰠨
alternative forms 屖

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (犀) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
摨 *rniːd
犀 *sliːl
遲 *l'il
墀 *l'il

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sliːl) : phonetic 尾 (OC *mɯlʔ) + semantic 牛 (“ox”).

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-sej (“rhinoceros”).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • sai - vernacular;
  • se - literary.
Rime
Character 犀
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 先稽切
Baxter sej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /sei/
Pan
Wuyun		 /sei/
Shao
Rongfen		 /sɛi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /sɛj/
Li
Rong		 /sei/
Wang
Li		 /siei/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /siei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 sai1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 犀
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 xī
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ sej ›
Old
Chinese		 /*s.lˁəj/
English rhinoceros

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 犀
Reading # 1/1
No. 13345
Phonetic
component		 犀
Rime
group		 脂
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 西
Old
Chinese		 /*sliːl/
Notes 說文尾聲

Definitions

犀

  1. rhinoceros
  2. sharp; hard; well-tempered (as metal)

Compounds
  • 一點靈犀／一点灵犀
  • 兩犀／两犀
  • 剔犀
  • 心有靈犀／心有灵犀 (xīnyǒulíngxī)
  • 披毛犀
  • 拔犀擢象
  • 拽象拖犀
  • 文犀
  • 木犀 (mùxī)
  • 毛犀
  • 燃犀
  • 燃犀溫嶠／燃犀温峤
  • 燬犀／毁犀
  • 牙簽犀軸／牙签犀轴
  • 犀兵
  • 犀利 (xīlì)
  • 犀帶／犀带
  • 犀渠
  • 犀照
  • 犀牛 (xīniú)
  • 犀牛望月
  • 犀牛角
  • 犀甲
  • 犀皮
  • 犀箸
  • 犀角
  • 犀銳／犀锐
  • 犀錢／犀钱
  • 犀革 (xīgé)
  • 犀頭／犀头
  • 犀首
  • 犀鳥／犀鸟 (xīniǎo)
  • 瓠犀
  • 白犀牛
  • 通天犀
  • 金木犀
  • 靈犀／灵犀 (língxī)
  • 靈犀相通／灵犀相通
  • 鬥犀臺／斗犀台

Japanese

Kanji
犀

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

Etymology
Kanji in this term
犀
さい
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 犀 (sej).

Pronunciation

Noun

犀(さい) or 犀(サイ) • (sai) 

  1. a rhinoceros

Derived terms

References
  1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 犀 (MC sej). Recorded as Middle Korean 셔 (sye) (Yale: sye) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource 犀 (eumhun 무소 서 (muso seo))

  1. Hanja form? of 서 (“rhinoceros”).

Compounds
Compounds
  • 서각 (犀角, seogak)
  • 서대 (犀帶, seodae)
  • 서리 (犀利, seori)

References
  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

犀: Hán Nôm readings: tê[1][2][3][4][5], tây[6]

  1. a rhinoceros

References
  1. Génibrel (1898).
  2. Bonet (1899).
  3. Thiều Chửu (1942).
  4. Nguyễn (1974).
  5. Trần (1999)tdcntd.
  6. Trần (2004).
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