嘒

嘒 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 口手十一 (RQJM) or 口手十尸 (RQJS), four-corner 6507₁, composition ⿰口彗)

1. tiny
2. chirping, whistling
3. shrill sound, sharp

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 205, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4196
• Dae Jaweon: page 428, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 672, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5612

“small”

For this particular sense, Sagart (2021) modifies Baxter and Sagart's (2014) Old Chinese reconstruction to *Cə-pʰˤut and speculates a connection to 勃 (OC *bɯːd), 彗 (OC *sɢʷeds, *ɢʷeds, *sɢʷids), all potentially from to a root relating to "dust".

嘒

1. ^† (onomatopoeia) chirp, shrill, whistle

   • 菀彼柳斯、鳴蜩嘒嘒。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     菀彼柳斯、鸣蜩嘒嘒。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Wǎn bǐ liǔ sī, míngtiáo huì huì. [Pinyin]

     Luxuriant grow those willows, and the cicadas [on them] go hui-hui.

   • 鼓淵淵、嘒嘒管聲。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     鼓渊渊、嘒嘒管声。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Gǔ yuān yuān, huì huì guǎn shēng. [Pinyin]

     Deep is the sound of the hand-drums and drums; shrilly sound the flutes.

2. ^† very small

   • 嘒彼小星、三五在東。肅肅宵征、夙夜在公、寔命不同。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     嘒彼小星、三五在东。肃肃宵征、夙夜在公、寔命不同。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Huì bǐ xiǎoxīng, sān wǔ zài dōng. Sùsù xiāo zhēng, sùyè zài gōng, shí mìng bùtóng. [Pinyin]

     Small are those starlets, three or five of them in the east, swiftly by night we go; in the early dawn we are with the prince. Our lot is not like hers.

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. sharp

• On (unclassified): けい (kei); け (ke)

From Middle Chinese 嘒 (MC xwejH).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [çe̞(ː)] ~ [he̞(ː)]
• Phonetic hangul: [혜(ː)/헤(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

嘒 (eumhun 작은 소리 혜 (jageun sori hye))

1. Used only when reading Classical Chinese texts.

嘒: Hán Nôm readings: tóe/toé

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