# 溉

| 溉 | U+6E89, &#28297; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E89 |
| ← 溈 [U+6E88] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 溊 → [U+6E8A] |

## Translingual
### Han character

溉 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水日戈山 (EAIU), four-corner 3111$_4$, composition ⿰氵既)

#### Derived characters

* 𡒖

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 639, character 11
* Dae Jaweon: page 1054, character 9
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1689, character 5
* Unihan data for U+6E89

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 溉 | *kɯːds, *kɯds |
| 槩 | *kɯːds |
| 概 | *kɯːds |
| 摡 | *kɯːds, *qʰɯds |
| 慨 | *kʰɯːds |
| 嘅 | *kʰɯːds |
| 穊 | *krɯds |
| 暨 | *ɡrɯds, *kɯds, *krɯd |
| 鱀 | *ɡrɯds, *ɡɯs |
| 塈 | *ɡrɯds, *qʰɯds |
| 既 | *kɯds |
| 旡 | *kɯds |
| 蔇 | *kɯds |
| 炁 | *kʰɯds |
| 櫭 | *ɡrad |
| 曁 | *kɯd |

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gài (gai$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄞˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): koi$^3$ / goi$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): kái
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kài / khài
    (Teochew, Peng'im): kai$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gài
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄞˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gài
*** Wade–Giles: kai$^4$
*** Yale: gài
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gay
*** Palladius: гай (gaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /kaɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: koi$^3$ / goi$^3$
*** Yale: koi / goi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: koi$^3$ / goi$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: koi$^3$ / goi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɔːi̯³³/, /kɔːi̯³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: kái
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɑi²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kài / khài
*** Tâi-lô: kài / khài
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kaix, qaix
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kai²¹/, /kʰai²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kai⁴¹/, /kʰai⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kai²¹/, /kʰai²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kai¹¹/, /kʰai¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kai²¹/, /kʰai²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: kai$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khài
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰai²¹³/
* Middle Chinese: kj+jH, kojH
Rime :
| Character | 溉 | 溉 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 微 (20) | 咍 (41) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | I |
| Fanqie | 居豙切 | 古代切 |
| Baxter | kj+jH | kojH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kɨi$^H$/ | /kʌi$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kɨi$^H$/ | /kəi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kiəi$^H$/ | /kɒi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kɨj$^H$/ | /kəj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /kiəi$^H$/ | /kᴀi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /kĭəi$^H$/ | /kɒi$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ke̯i$^H$/ | /kɑ̆i$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jì | gài |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gei$^3$ | goi$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤə[t]-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kɯːds/, /*kɯds/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 溉 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | gài |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ koj$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[k]ˁə[t]-s/ |
| English | to wash |
| 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 | 溉 | 溉 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 5810 | 5824 |
| Phonetic component | 旡 | 旡 |
| Rime group | 隊 | 隊 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 漑 | 旣 |
| Old Chinese | /*kɯːds/ | /*kɯds/ |

#### Definitions

溉
* to water, irrigate, flood
* to wash
* (Sichuanese) river-front road/path

##### Compounds

* 噴灑灌溉／喷洒灌溉
* 沆溉 (hàngxiè)
* 沾溉
* 淤溉
* 灌溉 (guàngài)
* 灌溉工程
* 灌溉渠
* 畦溝灌溉／畦沟灌溉
* 自流灌溉
* 輪流灌溉／轮流灌溉

#### References

* “溉”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiè (xie$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiè
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siè
*** Wade–Giles: hsieh$^4$
*** Yale: syè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieh
*** Palladius: се (se)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/

#### Definitions

溉
* Only used in 沆溉.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): がい (gai)、かい (kai)
* Kun: そそぐ (sosogu)

## Korean
### Hanja

溉 • (gae) (hangeul 개, revised gae, McCune–Reischauer kae, Yale kay)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

溉: Hán Nôm readings: ngấy
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#### References

* Nom Foundation