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せい U+975C, 靜
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-975C

[U+975B]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+975D]

Translingual

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Traditional せい
Simplified せい
Japanese せい
Korean せい

Han character

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せい (Kangxi radical 174, あお+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input がつがつしかばね (QBBSD), four-corner 52257, composition あおそう(T) or あおそう(JK))

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1382, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42578
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1893, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 6, page 4049, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+975C

Chinese

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trad. せい/せい
simp. せい
2nd round simp. 𰁓

Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲けいせい形声けいせい, OC *zleŋʔ) : semantic あお + phonetic そう (OC *ʔsreːŋ).

Etymology

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Perhaps from Mon-Khmer; compare Old Khmer siṅ (to stay in/at; to abide; to be still) (Schuessler, 2007). やすし (OC *zleŋʔ) is the same word (ibid.).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • sâng - vernacular (“to stop making noise; to stop crying”);
  • cêng - literary.
Note:
  • chěng/chēng - literary;
  • chǐⁿ/chīⁿ/chēⁿ - vernacular.

Rime
Character せい
Reading # 1/1
Initial (こえ) したがえ (15)
Final (いん) きよし (121)
Tone (調しらべ) Rising (X)
Openness (ひらきあい) Open
Division (ひとし) III
Fanqie やましきり
Baxter dzjengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ziᴇŋX/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ziɛŋX/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ziæŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ziajŋX/
Li
Rong
/d͡ziɛŋX/
Wang
Li
/d͡zĭɛŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/d͡zʱi̯ɛŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jìng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zing6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character せい
Reading # 1/1
No. 11353
Phonetic
component
せい
Rime
group
こう
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
せい
Old
Chinese
/*zleŋʔ/

Definitions

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せい

  1. quiet; silent; devoid of noise
  2. silent; not making a noise
  3. still; motionless
    しんせい自然しぜんりょうしんせい自然しぜん  ―  xīn jìng zìrán liáng  ―  inner calm naturally [helps one] cool down (a phrase used during periods of hot weather)
  4. gentle

Compounds

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References

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Japanese

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Shinjitai

せい

Kyūjitai

せい

Kanji

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せい

(Jinmeiyō kanjikyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form せい)

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Readings

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Korean

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɘ(ː)ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

せい (jeong) (hangeul , revised jeong, McCune–Reischauer chŏng, Yale ceng)

  1. hanja form? of (quiet, silence, static)
    전기(せい電氣でんき)static electricity
    정(せい)하중jeonghajungdead weight

Vietnamese

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Han character

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せい: Hán Nôm readings: tĩnh

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