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U+71EE, 燮
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-71EE

[U+71ED]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+71EF]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 86, +13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 火火水 (FFE), four-corner 99407, composition ⿱⿲)

Derived characters

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Further reading

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 685, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19481
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1098, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 402, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+71EE

Chinese

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trad.
simp. #
alternative forms

Glyph origin

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In the oracle bone script, an ideogrammic compound (會意会意) : a hand () holding an object (?) among three or more fires (). Meaning and significance uncertain.

Various hypotheses exist: possibly poking at firewood, holding a tool inside flames, lighting fires with a torch, etc.

Later, an ideogrammic compound (會意会意) : (hand) + (tool) + (fire). In the small seal script, the component came to be written , giving rise to the modern form.

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (16)
Final () (158)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Baxter sep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/sep̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/sep̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/sɛp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/sɛp̚/
Li
Rong
/sep̚/
Wang
Li
/siep̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/siep̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xie
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sip3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xiè
Middle
Chinese
‹ sep ›
Old
Chinese
/*s.qʰˁ(r)ip/
English harmonious

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. 13797
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*seːb/

Definitions

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  1. (literary) to harmonize; to mediate; to bring together
  2. (literary) harmonious; amiable
  3. a surname

Compounds

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References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. moderate
  2. alleviate
  3. boil over low heat

Readings

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Korean

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Hanja

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(eumhun 불꽃 (bulkkot seop))

  1. harmonize, blend
  2. adjust