See also:
U+7D30, 細
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D30

[U+7D2F]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+7D31]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 120, +5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女火田 (VFW), four-corner 26900, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 919, character 36
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27344
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1351, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3380, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+7D30

Chinese

trad.
simp.
alternative forms 𥿳

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *snɯːls) : semantic + phonetic (OC *snɯns). The right component is etymologically unrelated to in which it was corrupted to after the Han dynasty.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *z(j)əj (little; small; tiny) (STEDT); cognate with Jingpho zi (small), Tibetan ཟི (zi, small), Burmese သေး (se:, small).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • Xiamen, Quanzhou:
    • sòe - vernacular;
    • sè - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (16)
Final () (39)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Baxter sejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/seiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/seiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/sɛiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/sɛjH/
Li
Rong
/seiH/
Wang
Li
/sieiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/sieiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sai3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ sejH ›
Old
Chinese
/*[s]ˁe(k)-s/
English small, minute

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. 13834
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*snɯːls/

Definitions

  1. (literary or Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Min) small; tiny; little
    Antonym:
    點解 [Cantonese, trad.]
    点解 [Cantonese, simp.]
    dim2 gaai2 wui5 gam3 sai3 ge2? [Jyutping]
    Why is it so small?
  2. thin; slender
    Antonym: ()
    线   xiàn   thin string
  3. fine; delicate; exquisite
    Antonym: ()
       shā   fine sand
  4. careful; detailed; meticulous
  5. slowly; carefully; thoroughly; detailedly
       kàn   to carefully examine
  6. trifling; trivial; unimportant
  7. (of one's voice) soft
  8. frugal; sparing
  9. (literary or Cantonese, Hakka, Min) young; little
    Antonym:
    [Cantonese]   nei5 zung6 sai3 me1! [Jyutping]   [Do you think that] you're still a child?
  10. (Cantonese) to be younger than
    Antonym:
    [Cantonese]   sai3 keoi5 gei2 sap6 nin4 [Jyutping]   younger than them by a couple decades
  11. (Hokkien) concubine

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of small): (, “large”)
  • (antonym(s) of young): (, “grown up”)
  • (antonym(s) of fine): (, “coarse”)

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. thin, fine
  2. slender

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun 가늘 (ganeul se))

  1. Hanja form? of (thin).

Vietnamese

Chữ Hán

: Hán Việt readings: tế

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