# 淒

| 淒 | U+6DD2, &#28114; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DD2 |
| ← 淑 [U+6DD1] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 淓 → [U+6DD3] |

## Translingual
### Han character

淒 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水十中女 (EJLV), four-corner 3514$_4$, composition ⿰氵妻)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 629, character 23
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17635
* Dae Jaweon: page 1031, character 15
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1645, character 2
* Unihan data for U+6DD2

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 妻 | *sʰiːl, *sʰiːls |
| 萋 | *sʰiːl |
| 淒 | *sʰiːl |
| 凄 | *sʰiːl |
| 悽 | *sʰiːl |
| 鶈 | *sʰiːl |
| 郪 | *sʰiːl, *sʰil |
| 緀 | *sʰiːl, *sʰiːlʔ |
| 霋 | *sʰiːl |
| 棲 | *siːl |

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qī (qi$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cai$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhe / chhi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ci$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qī
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ci
*** Wade–Giles: chʻi$^1$
*** Yale: chī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chi
*** Palladius: ци (ci)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cai$^1$
*** Yale: chāi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsai$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhe
*** Tâi-lô: tshe
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhef
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰe³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhi
*** Tâi-lô: tshi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chy
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ci$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshi
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰi³³/
* Middle Chinese: tshej
Rime :
| Character | 淒 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 清 (14) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (39) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 七稽切 |
| Baxter | tshej |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡sʰei/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡sʰei/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡sʰɛi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡sʰɛj/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡sʰei/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sʰiei/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡sʰiei/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qī |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cai$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*sʰiːl/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 淒 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9915 |
| Phonetic component | 妻 |
| Rime group | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 妻 |
| Old Chinese | /*sʰiːl/ |

#### Definitions

淒
* chilly; cold; frigid
* (alt. form 悽) miserable; sorrowful; sad

#### Compounds

* 孤淒／孤凄
* 悲淒／悲凄 (bēiqī)
* 淒冷／凄冷
* 淒切／凄切 (qīqiè)
* 淒厲／凄厉 (qīlì)
* 淒咽／凄咽
* 淒婉／凄婉
* 淒慘／凄惨 (qīcǎn)
* 淒斷／凄断
* 淒楚／凄楚 (qīchǔ)
* 淒清／凄清 (qīqīng)
* 淒涼／凄凉 (qīliáng)
* 淒淒／凄凄
* 淒淒慘慘／凄凄惨惨
* 淒滄／凄沧
* 淒然／凄然 (qīrán)
* 淒絕／凄绝
* 淒緊／凄紧
* 淒美／凄美 (qīměi)
* 淒薄／凄薄
* 淒豔／凄艳
* 淒迷／凄迷
* 淒風／凄风
* 淒風苦雨／凄风苦雨
* 淒飆／凄飙
* 苦雨淒風／苦雨凄风
* 音容淒斷／音容凄断
* 風雨淒淒／风雨凄凄

### Pronunciation 2

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhe̍h / chhē
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhe̍h
*** Tâi-lô: tshe̍h
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zheh
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰeʔ⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰeʔ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhē
*** Tâi-lô: tshē
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhe
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰe²²/

#### Definitions

淒
* (Hokkien) to go downhill; to decline; to be on the wane
* (Quanzhou Hokkien) to suspend

##### Synonyms

* (to suspend): 暫停／暂停 (zàntíng)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): せい (sei)、さい (sai)
* Kun: さむい (samui)

## Korean
### Hanja

淒 • (cheo) (hangeul 처, revised cheo, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏ, Yale che)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

淒: Hán Nôm readings: thê
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