醢

醢 U+91A2, 醢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-91A2 ← 醡 [U+91A1] CJK Unified Ideographs 醣 → [U+91A3]

Translingual

Han character

醢 (Kangxi radical 164, 酉+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一田大口廿 (MWKRT), four-corner 1461₇, composition ⿰酉𥁓)

1. mince
2. pickled meat

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1286, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39981
• Dae Jaweon: page 1786, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3593, character 4
• Unihan data for U+91A2

Chinese

trad.		醢
simp. #		醢

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
絠	*kɯːʔ
醢	*qʰɯːʔ
珛	*qʰʷɯs
栯	*ɢʷɯʔ, *qʷɯ
有	*ɢʷɯʔ
友	*ɢʷɯʔ
右	*ɢʷɯʔ, *ɢʷɯs
宥	*ɢʷɯs
囿	*ɢʷɯs, *ɡʷɯ
侑	*ɢʷɯs
酭	*ɢʷɯs
姷	*ɢʷɯs
又	*ɢʷɯs
佑	*ɢʷɯs
祐	*ɢʷɯs
賄	*qʰʷɯːʔ
蛕	*qʰʷɯːʔ, *ɡʷɯː
烠	*ɡʷɯː
倄	*ɢraːw, *ɢʷɯːʔ
鮪	*ɢʷɯʔ
洧	*ɢʷɯʔ
痏	*ɢʷɯʔ
郁	*qʷɯ
戫	*qʷɯ
哊	*ɡʷɯ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎi (hai³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎi
    • Wade–Giles: hai³
    • Yale: hǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hae
    • Palladius: хай (xaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hoi²
    • Yale: hói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xojX

Rime
Character	醢
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	呼改切
Baxter	xojX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hʌiX/
Pan Wuyun	/həiX/
Shao Rongfen	/xɒiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/həjX/
Li Rong	/xᴀiX/
Wang Li	/xɒiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/xɑ̆iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hǎi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hoi2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰɯːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	醢
Reading #	1/1
No.	15592
Phonetic component	又
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	海
Old Chinese	/*qʰɯːʔ/

Definitions

醢

1. (dated) minced pickled meat
2. (dated) to mince
3. (historical) to cut somebody into pieces as a form of torture

   • 盧怒，與宋鵲謀而殺之，醢其家。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     卢怒，与宋鹊谋而杀之，醢其家。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. early 9th century, Han Yu (韓愈),《毛穎傳》

     Lú nù, yǔ Sòngquè móu ér shā zhī, hǎi qí jiā. [Pinyin]

     In a furious rage, Lu conspired with Que from Song to kill Jun and had his entire family ground into meat paste.

Compounds

• 亨醢
• 脯醢
• 菹醢
• 葅醢
• 覆醢
• 醓醢

 

Japanese

Kanji

醢

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. salted meat

Readings

• On (unclassified): かい (kai)
• Kun: しおから (shiokara)

Korean

Hanja

醢 • (hae) (hangeul 해, revised hae, McCune–Reischauer hae, Yale hay)

1. minced pickled meat
2. mince