See also:
U+7D30, 細
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D30

[U+7D2F]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+7D31]

Translingual

Han character

(radical 120, +5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女火田 (VFW), four-corner 26900, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 919, character 36
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27344
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1351, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3380, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+7D30

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*ʔslɯːʔ, *srɯː, *srɯː
*sn̥ʰɯː, *snɯ
*snɯː
*snɯː
*snɯː
*snɯː
*snɯː
*snɯː
*srɯː, *snɯʔ
*snɯːls
*snɯ, *snɯs
*snɯ
*snɯ
*snɯ
*snɯ
*snɯʔ
*snɯ
*sʰrɯ
*snɯns
*sniŋs
*snɯː

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *snɯːls) : semantic  + phonetic  (OC *snɯns).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • Xiamen, Quanzhou:
    • sòe - vernacular;
    • sè - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (16)
Final () (39)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/seiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/seiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/sɛiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/sɛjH/
Li
Rong
/seiH/
Wang
Li
/sieiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/sieiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 13834
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*snɯːls/

Definitions

  1. (literary, Cantonese, Hakka, Min) small; tiny; little
    點解 [Cantonese, trad.]
    点解 [Cantonese, simp.]
    Dim2 gaai2 wui5 gam3 sai3 ge2? [Jyutping]
    Why is it so small?
  2. (literary, Cantonese, Hakka, Min) young; little
    / [Cantonese]   Nei5 zung6 sai3 me1! [Jyutping]   [Do you think that] you're still a child?
  3. fine; delicate
    /    shā   fine sand
  4. thin; slender
    / 线   xiàn   thin string
  5. (of one's voice) soft
  6. frugal; sparing
  7. slowly; carefully; thoroughly; detailedly
    /    kàn   to carefully examine
  8. (Hokkien) concubine

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of (“small”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
Mandarin Beijing
Taiwan
Tianjin
Jinan
Xi'an ,
Wuhan
Chengdu
Yangzhou
Hefei
Cantonese Guangzhou
Hong Kong
Taishan
Yangjiang
Gan Nanchang ,
Hakka Meixian
Xingning
Huidong
Qujiang
Xiaosanjiang
Changting
Pingyu
Wuping
Liancheng
Ninghua
Ruijin
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
Liudui (S. Sixian)
Hsinchu (Hailu)
Dongshi (Dabu)
Hsinchu (Raoping)
Yunlin (Zhao'an)
Jin Taiyuan
Min Bei Jian'ou
Min Dong Fuzhou ,
Min Nan Xiamen
Quanzhou
Zhangzhou
Taipei ,
Kaohsiung ,
Tainan ,
Taichung ,
Hsinchu ,
Lukang ,
Sanxia ,
Yilan ,
Kinmen
Magong
Penang
Singapore
Philippines (Manila)
Chaozhou
Wu Shanghai
Suzhou
Wenzhou ,
Xiang Changsha ,
Shuangfeng

Antonyms

  • (small): (, “large”)
  • (young): (, “grown up”)
  • (fine): (, “coarse”)

Compounds


Japanese

Kanji

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. thin, fine
  2. slender

Readings

Compounds


Korean

Hanja

(se) (hangeul , revised se, McCuneReischauer se, Yale sye)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(tế, tới, , , tỉ)

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