羛

See also: 義 and 羲

羛 U+7F9B, 羛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7F9B ← 羚 [U+7F9A] CJK Unified Ideographs 羜 → [U+7F9C]

Translingual

Han character

羛 (Kangxi radical 123, 羊+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿土中中弓 (TGLLN), four-corner 8052₇, composition ⿱𦍌弗)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 951, character 42
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28466
• Dae Jaweon: page 1395, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3131, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7F9B

Chinese

simp. and trad.		羛

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
莪	*ŋaːl
哦	*ŋaːl
娥	*ŋaːl
峨	*ŋaːl
峩	*ŋaːl
鵝	*ŋaːl
俄	*ŋaːl
蛾	*ŋaːl, *ŋralʔ
睋	*ŋaːl
涐	*ŋaːl
誐	*ŋaːl
硪	*ŋaːl, *ŋaːlʔ
我	*ŋaːlʔ
騀	*ŋaːlʔ
餓	*ŋaːls
義	*ŋrals
儀	*ŋral
轙	*ŋral, *ŋralʔ
檥	*ŋral, *ŋralʔ
蟻	*ŋralʔ
艤	*ŋralʔ
礒	*ŋralʔ
羛	*ŋralʔ, *hŋral
議	*ŋrals
犧	*hŋral
曦	*hŋral
羲	*hŋral

The 弗 on the bottom was a deformation of 我 in Warring-States scripts (Jao & Zeng, 1985, pp. 289–290). The Shuowen mentions its attestation in the works of Mozi.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yì
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴
    • Yale: yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ji⁶
    • Yale: yih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²²/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjeX

Rime
Character	羛
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	魚倚切
Baxter	ngjeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠiᴇX/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚiɛX/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiɛX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋjiə̆X/
Li Rong	/ŋjeX/
Wang Li	/ŋǐeX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋie̯X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋralʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	羛
Reading #	1/2
No.	13055
Phonetic component	我
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	螘
Old Chinese	/*ŋralʔ/
Notes	說文又同義

Definitions

羛

1. Alternative form of 義／义 (yì)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xī, xì (xi¹, xi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ, ㄒㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: si
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹
    • Yale: syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sì
    • Wade–Giles: hsi⁴
    • Yale: syì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shih
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hei³
    • Yale: hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: xje

Rime
Character	羛
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	許羈切
Baxter	xje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/hᵚiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/xiɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hjiə̆/
Li Rong	/xje/
Wang Li	/xǐe/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hei1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hŋral/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	羛
Reading #	2/2
No.	13060
Phonetic component	我
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	犧
Old Chinese	/*hŋral/

Definitions

羛

1. Used in place names.