彐

See also: 𫜹, Ǝ, ∃, ヨ, 크, 彑, 𠀉, 𰀄, 𰀂, and ㅌ

彐 U+5F50, 彐 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F50 ← 彏 [U+5F4F] CJK Unified Ideographs 彑 → [U+5F51]

⼹ U+2F39, ⼹ KANGXI RADICAL SNOUT ← ⼸ [U+2F38] Kangxi Radicals ⼺ → [U+2F3A]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

彐 (Kangxi radical 58, 彐+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 弓一一 (NMM) or 尸一 (SM) or 難尸一 (XSM), composition ⿼コ一(GV) or ⿼ユ一(HTJK))

1. Kangxi radical #58, ⼹.

Usage notes

As components, some use 彑 in traditional form instead and the bottom horizontal stroke extends beyond the vertical stroke. The 彐 itself appears in several variations, for example, the perfect reversed capital E or like the Japanese katakana ヨ, or the middle instead beyond the vertical.

Characters with the bottom horizontal stroke extending beyond the vertical one have different glyph origins than those written like the Japanese katakana ヨ or with the middle stroke extending beyond the vertical one. The latter is a variant of 又 that appeared during the transition from seal script to regular script.

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/彐
• 妇, 扫, 𠨔, 𦥑, 𬳨, 𬺹, 夛, 㚑, 寻, 㞪, 𭘒, 𫸖, 灵, 𠬶, 帚, 𢑖, 尋, 㝷, 𡬶
• 刍, 当, 𫡆, 𤔌, 雪, 𬰙, 𡰩, 𫊞, 𣏃, 秉, 榋, 偼, 𠸝, 媫, 㨗, 縁

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 362, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9908
• Dae Jaweon: page 680, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 960, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5F50

Chinese

trad.		彐
simp. #		彐

Glyph origin

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

A variant of 彑 ("pig snout"). But in many characters, such as 事, 尹, 雪, and 康 it depicts a hand holding something, while in 录 it represents a cloth filter for water.

The only characters in which a similar shape represents a wild boar (not a domestic pig) are the ancient variants of 敢.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jì (ji⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gai³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kì
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kè

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jì
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴
    • Yale: jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jih
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gai³
    • Yale: gai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kì
    • Hakka Romanization System: gi^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gi²
    • Sinological IPA: /ki¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kè
    • Tâi-lô: kè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kex
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ke²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ke⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ke²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ke¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ke²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: kjejH

Rime
Character	彐
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	祭 (37)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居例切
Baxter	kjejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiᴇiH/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚiɛiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kiæiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kjiajH/
Li Rong	/kjɛiH/
Wang Li	/kĭɛiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯ɛiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gai3

Definitions

彐

1. pig head/snout

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with 𫜹 (xuě).

Japanese

Kanji

彐

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けい (kei)
• Kun: けいがしら (keigashira)

Korean

Hanja

彐 (eum 계 (gye))

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Tày

Noun

彐 (mự)

1. Nôm form of mự (“day, turn, time”).

References

• Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày‎^[1] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
• Eiso Chan, Lee Collins, Ngô Trung Việt (2022 March 10) Vietnam Response to IRGN2509‎^[2], Unicode Foundation

Vietnamese

Han character

彐: Hán Nôm readings: kệ, kẹ, kí

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References

• Nom Foundation