淢

Translingual

Han character

淢 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水戈口一 (EIRM), four-corner 3315₀, composition ⿰氵或)

ditch

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 630, character 20
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17662
Dae Jaweon: page 1033, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1643, character 4
Unihan data for U+6DE2

Chinese

simp. and trad.		淢

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (或) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
幗	kʷɯːɡs, kʷrɯːɡ
慖	kʷɯːɡs, kʷrɯːɡ
簂	*kʷɯːɡs
蔮	*kʷɯːɡs
國	*kʷɯːɡ
或	*ɡʷɯːɡ
惑	*ɡʷɯːɡ
蜮	ɡʷɯːɡ, ɢʷrɯɡ
閾	*qʰʷrɯɡ
緎	qʰʷrɯɡ, ɡʷrɯɡ
淢	qʰʷrɯɡ, ɡʷrɯɡ
域	*ɢʷrɯɡ
罭	*ɢʷrɯɡ
棫	*ɡʷrɯɡ
琙	*ɡʷrɯɡ
魊	*ɡʷrɯɡ
馘	*kʷrɯːɡ
聝	*kʷrɯːɡ
膕	*kʷrɯːɡ
摑	*kʷrɯːɡ
漍	*kʷrɯːɡ
嘓	*kʷrɯːɡ
蟈	*kʷrɯːɡ
掝	*qʰʷrɯːɡ
彧	*qʷrɯɡ
稶	*qʷɯɡ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yù (yu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wik⁶ / gwik¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yù
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yù
  - Wade–Giles: yü⁴
  - Yale: yù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
  - Palladius: юй (juj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: wik⁶ / gwik¹
  - Yale: wihk / gwīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wik⁹ / gwik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: wig⁶ / guig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɪk̚²/, /kʷɪk̚⁵/

Middle Chinese: hwik, xwik

Rime
Character	淢	淢
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	職 (135)	職 (135)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	雨逼切	況逼切
Baxter	hwik	xwik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦwɨk̚/	/hwɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɨk̚/	/hʷɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuek̚/	/xiuek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwik̚/	/hwik̚/
Li Rong	/ɣiuək̚/	/xiuək̚/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwək̚/	/xĭwək̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯wək̚/	/xi̯wək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yù	xu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wik⁶	hik¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*m̥(r)ik/

(Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷrɯɡ/, /*ɡʷrɯɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	淢
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xù
Middle Chinese	‹ xwik ›
Old Chinese	/*m̥(r)ik/
English	channel; moat
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	淢	淢
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	5553	5561
Phonetic component	或	或
Rime group	職	職
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	洫	域
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷrɯɡ/	/*ɡʷrɯɡ/

Definitions

淢

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xù (xu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xù
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syù
  - Wade–Giles: hsü⁴
  - Yale: syù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuh
  - Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵¹/

Definitions

淢

(archaic) ditch, trench

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): i̍h

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: i̍h
  - Tâi-lô: i̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ih
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iʔ¹²¹/

Definitions

淢

(Zhangzhou Hokkien) to reduce height due to erosion

Japanese

Kanji

淢

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): よく (yoku)、いき (iki)、いつ (itsu)、いち (ichi)
Kun: はやい (hayai)

Korean

Hanja

淢 • (yeok) (hangeul 역, revised yeok, McCune–Reischauer yŏk, Yale yek)

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Vietnamese

Han character

淢: Hán Nôm readings: vực, vặc, hức

ditch (synonym of "hức" 洫)
torrent, flow, stream ("vực")

References

Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville