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細 (Kangxi radical 120,糸+5, 11 strokes,cangjie input女火田 (VFW),four-corner26900,composition⿰糹田)
| trad. | 細 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 细 | |
| alternative forms | 𥿳 ⼩ ("small")Hokkien | |
| Historical forms of the character細 | |
|---|---|
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled inHan) | Liushutong (compiled inMing) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声,OC*snɯːls): semantic 糸 + phonetic 囟(OC*snɯns). The right component is etymologically unrelated to田 in which it was corrupted to after the Han dynasty.
FromProto-Sino-Tibetan*z(j)əj(“little; small; tiny”) (STEDT); cognate withJingphozi(“small”),Tibetanཟི(zi,“small”),Burmeseသေး(se:,“small”).
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 細 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (39) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 蘇計切 |
| Baxter | sejH |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /seiH/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /seiH/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /sɛiH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /sɛjH/ |
| Li Rong | /seiH/ |
| Wang Li | /sieiH/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /sieiH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sai3 |
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 細 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ sejH › |
| Old Chinese | /*[s]ˁe(k)-s/ |
| English | small, minute |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 細 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13834 |
| Phonetic component | 囟 |
| Rime group | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 細 |
| Old Chinese | /*snɯːls/ |
細
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 細 | |
| Formal(Written Standard Chinese) | 細 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 細 |
| Taiwan | 細 | |
| Singapore | 細 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 細 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 細 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 細 |
| Wuhan | 細 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 細 |
| Hefei | 細 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 幼 |
| Hong Kong | 幼 | |
| Yangjiang | 細,嫩 | |
| Singapore(Guangfu) | 幼 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 細 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 幼,細 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 細 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 細 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 杪,幼 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 幼 |
| Tainan | 幼 | |
| Penang(Hokkien) | 幼 | |
| Singapore(Hokkien) | 幼 | |
| Chaozhou | 幼,細 | |
| Wenchang | 幼 | |
| Haikou | 幼 | |
| Wu | Suzhou | 細 |
| Wenzhou | 細 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 細 |
| Shuangfeng | 細 | |
| Kanji in this term |
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| 細 |
| ささ Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi |
| Kanji in this term |
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| 細 |
| さざ Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi |
| For pronunciation and definitions of細 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term,細, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
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