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U+5393, 厓
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5393

[U+5392]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5394]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 27, +6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 一土土 (MGG), composition )

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 161, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2930
  • Dae Jaweon: page 367, character 31
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 70, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+5393

Chinese

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simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ŋreː) : semantic (cliff) + phonetic (OC *kʷeː) – a cliff 厂 of dirt (圭 = + ).

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (31)
Final () (31)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter ngea
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋˠɛ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋᵚæ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋæi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋaɨj/
Li
Rong
/ŋɛ/
Wang
Li
/ŋai/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ŋai/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ngaai4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ ngɛ ›
Old
Chinese
/*ŋˁrar/
English river bank; limit

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. 4538
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋreː/

Definitions

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  1. cliff
    alt. forms: ()
  2. waterside
    alt. forms: ()
  3. boundary
    alt. forms: ()
  4. Alternative form of

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. precipice
  2. shore
  3. bank
  4. cliff

Readings

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  • Go-on: (ge)
  • Kan-on: がい (gai)
  • Kun: がけ (gake)きし (kishi)かたへ (katahe)はて (hate)

Korean

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Hanja

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(eum (ae))

  1. hill, cliff
  2. the edge
  3. boundary

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: day

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