潟

潟 U 6F5F, 潟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6F5F ← 潞 [U 6F5E] CJK Unified Ideographs 潠 → [U 6F60]

Translingual

Han character

潟 (Kangxi radical 85, 水 12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 水竹難火 (EHXF), four-corner 3712₇, composition ⿰氵舄)

Derived characters

• 𧂙

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 649, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18247
• Dae Jaweon: page 1059, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1743, character 9
• Unihan data for U 6F5F

Chinese

trad.		潟
simp.		潟/泻*
alternative forms		澙 舄

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (舄) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
寫	*sjaːʔ
瀉	*sjaːʔ, *sjaːɡs
舄	*sʰjaːɡ, *sʰaɡ, *sjaːɡ, *sjaːɡ
獡	*hjaɡ
潟	*sjaːɡ
磶	*sjaːɡ
蕮	*sjaːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sjaːɡ) : semantic 水 phonetic 舄 (OC *sʰjaːɡ, *sʰaɡ, *sjaːɡ, *sjaːɡ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xì (xi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sih⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sì
    • Wade–Giles: hsi⁴
    • Yale: syì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shih
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sik¹
    • Yale: sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: sih⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiʔ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: sjek

Rime
Character	潟
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	昔 (123)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	思積切
Baxter	sjek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/siæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siajk̚/
Li Rong	/siɛk̚/
Wang Li	/sĭɛk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sik1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-qʰAk/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sjaːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	潟
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xì
Middle Chinese	‹ sjek ›
Old Chinese	/*s-qʰAk/
English	salty soil
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	潟
Reading #	1/1
No.	13436
Phonetic component	舄
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	昔
Old Chinese	/*sjaːɡ/

Definitions

潟

1. saline land; salt marsh

Compounds

• 新潟 (Xīnxì)
• 潟湖 (xìhú)
• 潟滷／潟卤
• 潟鹵／潟卤 (xìlǔ)
• 鹹潟／咸潟

 

References

• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “潟”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 254.

Japanese

Alternative forms

• (ryakuji) 泻 [U 6CFB]

Kanji

潟

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. lagoon

Readings

• Go-on: しゃく (shaku)^{←しやく (syaku, historical)}
• Kan-on: せき (seki)
• Kun: かた (kata, 潟, Jōyō)
• Nanori: かた (kata)、がら (gara)

Compounds

• 潟(せき)湖(こ) (sekiko)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
潟
かた Grade: 4
kun'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かた [kàtáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ta̠]

Noun

潟(かた) • (kata) 

1. lagoon
2. tidal flats
3. (historical) inlet, bay

Synonyms

• (lagoon): ラグーン (ragūn)
• (tidal flat): 干(ひ)潟(がた) (higata)
• (inlet): 入(い)り江(え) (irie)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 明石(アカシ)潟(ガタ) (akashigata)
• 潮(しお)干(ひ)潟(がた) (shiohi-gata, “ebb tide beach”)
• 難波(なにわ)潟(がた) (Naniwa-gata)
• 新(にい)潟(がた) (Nīgata)
• 八(はち)郎(ろう)潟(がた) (Hachirō-gata)

Proper noun

潟(がた) • (Gata) 

1. a surname

Korean

Hanja

潟 (eumhun 개펄 석 (gaepeol seok))

1. tidal flats

References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 潟

Vietnamese

Han character

潟: Hán Nôm readings: tích

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References

• Nom Foundation