# 淢

| 淢 | U+6DE2, &#28130; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DE2 |
| ← 淡 [U+6DE1] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 淣 → [U+6DE3] |

## Translingual
### Han character

淢 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水戈口一 (EIRM), four-corner 3315$_0$, composition ⿰氵或)
* ditch

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 630, character 20
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17662
* Dae Jaweon: page 1033, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1643, character 4
* Unihan data for U+6DE2

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 幗 | *kʷɯːɡs, *kʷrɯːɡ |
| 慖 | *kʷɯːɡs, *kʷrɯːɡ |
| 簂 | *kʷɯːɡs |
| 蔮 | *kʷɯːɡs |
| 國 | *kʷɯːɡ |
| 或 | *ɡʷɯːɡ |
| 惑 | *ɡʷɯːɡ |
| 蜮 | *ɡʷɯːɡ, *ɢʷrɯɡ |
| 閾 | *qʰʷrɯɡ |
| 緎 | *qʰʷrɯɡ, *ɡʷrɯɡ |
| 淢 | *qʰʷrɯɡ, *ɡʷrɯɡ |
| 域 | *ɢʷrɯɡ |
| 罭 | *ɢʷrɯɡ |
| 棫 | *ɡʷrɯɡ |
| 琙 | *ɡʷrɯɡ |
| 魊 | *ɡʷrɯɡ |
| 馘 | *kʷrɯːɡ |
| 聝 | *kʷrɯːɡ |
| 膕 | *kʷrɯːɡ |
| 摑 | *kʷrɯːɡ |
| 漍 | *kʷrɯːɡ |
| 嘓 | *kʷrɯːɡ |
| 蟈 | *kʷrɯːɡ |
| 掝 | *qʰʷrɯːɡ |
| 彧 | *qʷrɯɡ |
| 稶 | *qʷɯɡ |

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yù (yu$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wik$^6$ / gwik$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yù
*** Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yù
*** Wade–Giles: yü$^4$
*** Yale: yù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
*** Palladius: юй (juj)
*** Sinological IPA : /y⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wik$^6$ / gwik$^1$
*** Yale: wihk / gwīk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wik$^9$ / gwik$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wig$^6$ / guig$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɪk̚²/, /kʷɪk̚⁵/
* Middle Chinese: hwik, xwik
Rime :
| Character | 淢 | 淢 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 云 (35) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 職 (135) | 職 (135) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 雨逼切 | 況逼切 |
| Baxter | hwik | xwik |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦwɨk̚/ | /hwɨk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦʷɨk̚/ | /hʷɨk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣiuek̚/ | /xiuek̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦwik̚/ | /hwik̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣiuək̚/ | /xiuək̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣĭwək̚/ | /xĭwək̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /i̯wək̚/ | /xi̯wək̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yù | xu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wik$^6$ | hik$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*m̥(r)ik/
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷrɯɡ/, /*ɡʷrɯɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 淢 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xù |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ xwik › |
| Old Chinese | /*m̥(r)ik/ |
| English | channel; moat |
| 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 | 淢 | 淢 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 5553 | 5561 |
| Phonetic component | 或 | 或 |
| Rime group | 職 | 職 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 洫 | 域 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰʷrɯɡ/ | /*ɡʷrɯɡ/ |

#### Definitions

淢
* rapid stream; rapid; torrent
* (archaic) grieved; sorrowful
* (archaic) grief; sorrow

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xù (xu$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xù
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syù
*** Wade–Giles: hsü$^4$
*** Yale: syù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuh
*** Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕy⁵¹/

#### Definitions

淢
* (archaic) ditch, trench

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): i̍h
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: i̍h
*** Tâi-lô: i̍h
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ih
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /iʔ¹²¹/

#### Definitions

淢
* (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to reduce height due to erosion

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): よく (yoku)、いき (iki)、いつ (itsu)、いち (ichi)
* Kun: はやい (hayai)

## Korean
### Hanja

淢 • (yeok) (hangeul 역, revised yeok, McCune–Reischauer yŏk, Yale yek)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

淢: Hán Nôm readings: vực, vặc, hức
* ditch (synonym of "hức" 洫)
* torrent, flow, stream ("vực")

#### References

* Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
* Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
* Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville