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薛 (Kangxi radical 140,艸+13, 17 strokesin traditional Chinese and Korean, 16 strokesin mainland China and Japanese,cangjie input廿竹口十 (THRJ),four-corner44741,composition⿱艹⿰𠂤辛)
| trad. | 薛 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp.# | 薛 | |
| 2nd round simp. | ⿱艹⿰刂辛 | |
| alternative forms | 辥 𦵮 𧀼 | |
In oracle bone script,Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声,OC*sŋed) and ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 䇂(“sickle”) + phonetic 月(OC*ŋod,“moon”). The original meaning was likely "to work (with a sickle) under the moonlight".
In bronze inscriptions the character corrupted into the modern formPhono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声,OC*sŋed): semantic 艹(“grass”) + phonetic 辥(OC*sŋed).
| Variety | Location | 薛 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ɕyɛ⁵⁵/ |
| Harbin | /ɕyɛ⁴⁴/ | |
| Tianjin | /ɕye²¹/ | |
| Jinan | /ɕyə²¹³/ | |
| Qingdao | /syə⁵⁵/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /syɛ²⁴/ | |
| Xi'an | /ɕiɛ²¹/ | |
| Xining | /ɕi⁴⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /ɕye¹³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /ɕyə¹³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /ɕyɤ²¹³/ | |
| Wuhan | /ɕie²¹³/ | |
| Chengdu | /ɕye³¹/ | |
| Guiyang | /ɕie²¹/ | |
| Kunming | /ɕiɛ³¹/ | |
| Nanjing | /syeʔ⁵/ | |
| Hefei | /ɕyɐʔ⁵/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /ɕyəʔ²/ |
| Pingyao | /ɕiʌʔ¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /ɕyaʔ⁴³/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ɕiɪʔ⁵/ |
| Suzhou | /siəʔ⁵/ | |
| Hangzhou | /ɕiəʔ⁵/ | |
| Wenzhou | /sei²¹³/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /ɕyeʔ²¹/ /seʔ²¹/ |
| Tunxi | /siɛ⁵/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /sie²⁴/ |
| Xiangtan | /sie²⁴/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /ɕyɵʔ⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /siet̚¹/ |
| Taoyuan | /siet̚²²/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /sit̚³/ |
| Nanning | /ɬyt̚³³/ | |
| Hong Kong | /sit̚³/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /siat̚³²/ /siʔ³²/ |
| Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /siɛʔ²³/ | |
| Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /siɛ²⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Teochew) | /siʔ²/ | |
| Haikou (Hainanese) | /tit̚⁵/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 薛 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 薛 (81) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 私列切 |
| Baxter | sjet |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /siᴇt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /siɛt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /sjæt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /siat̚/ |
| Li Rong | /siɛt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /sĭɛt̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /si̯ɛt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xie |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sit3 |
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 薛 | 薛 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xuē | xuē |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ sjet › | ‹ sjet › |
| Old Chinese | /*s.ŋat/ | /*s.ŋat/ |
| English | spec. of plant | (place name) |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | ||
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 薛 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 14060 |
| Phonetic component | 薛 |
| Rime group | 月 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 薛 |
| Old Chinese | /*sŋed/ |
薛
Others:
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薛:Nôm readings:tiết[1]
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