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U+820C, 舌
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-820C

[U+820B]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+820D]
U+2F86, ⾆
KANGXI RADICAL TONGUE

[U+2F85]
Kangxi Radicals
[U+2F87]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
6 strokes
Stroke order

Alternative forms[edit]

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 135, +0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 竹十口 (HJR), four-corner 20604, composition (GJKV) or (HT))

  1. Kangxi radical #135, .
  2. Shuowen Jiezi radical №46

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1006, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30277
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1463, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2941, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+820C

Chinese[edit]

trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character
Shang Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) – a forked tongue emerging upwards from a mouth ().

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/m-l(j)a-t (tongue); compare Western Magar मेलेट (melet, tongue), Jingpho shinglet (tongue) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2009). The reconstruction of a complex initial *m(ə)-l- in Old Chinese is based on evidence from the softened initial in Proto-Min as well as Proto-Hmong-Mien *mblet (tongue) (Schuessler, 2007; Baxter and Sagart, 2014).

Alternatively, Schuessler (2007), reconstructing the Old Chinese minimally as *m-lat, derives it from (OC *m-leʔ, “to lick”) + *-t (nominal suffix for natural objects), literally “licker”.

Pronunciation[edit]


Note:
  • chi̍h - vernacular;
  • sia̍t - literary.
  • Wu
  • Xiang

  • Rime
    Character
    Reading # 2/2
    Initial () (27)
    Final () (81)
    Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () III
    Fanqie
    Baxter zyet
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /ʑiᴇt̚/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /ʑiɛt̚/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /ʑjæt̚/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /ʑiat̚/
    Li
    Rong
    /d͡ʑiɛt̚/
    Wang
    Li
    /d͡ʑĭɛt̚/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /d͡ʑʰi̯ɛt̚/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    shé
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    sit6
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    shé
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ zyet ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*mə.lat/
    English tongue

    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 # 2/2
    No. 11220
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    2
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*ɦbljed/

    Definitions[edit]

    1. (anatomy) tongue
    2. tongue-shaped object
    3. clapper of a bell
    4. (Hokkien, figurative) speech; speaking (used in certain expressions)
    5. a surname
    Synonyms[edit]

    Compounds[edit]

    Descendants[edit]

    • Proto-Hmong-Mien: *mblet

    Etymology 2[edit]

    Glyph origin[edit]

    Definitions[edit]

    For pronunciation and definitions of – see 𠯑 (“to block the mouth”).
    (This character is a variant form of 𠯑).

    References[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    1. tongue
    2. reed of a woodwind (musical instrument)
    3. clapper of a bell

    Readings[edit]

    Compounds[edit]

    Etymology[edit]

    Kanji in this term
    した
    Grade: 6
    kun’yomi

    From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *sita.

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    (した) (shita

    1. tongue
      Synonym: べろ (bero)

    References[edit]

    1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

    Korean[edit]

    Etymology[edit]

    From Middle Chinese (MC zyet).

    Recorded as Middle Korean 쎠ᇙ〮 (Yale: ssyelq) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.

    Recorded as Middle Korean (sel) (Yale: sel) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    (eumhun (hyeo seol))

    1. Hanja form? of (tongue).

    Compounds[edit]

    References[edit]

    • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [2]

    Kunigami[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    Readings[edit]

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    (しちゃー) (shichā

    1. tongue

    Miyako[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    Readings[edit]

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    (すだ) (suda

    1. tongue

    Okinawan[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    Readings[edit]

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    (しちゃ) (shicha

    1. tongue

    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    : Hán Nôm readings: thiệt, thịt, thĩa, thễ, sễ

    1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

    Yaeyama[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    Readings[edit]

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    (しぃたー) (sïtā

    1. tongue

    Yonaguni[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    Readings[edit]

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    (った) (tta

    1. tongue