# 淅

| 淅 | U+6DC5, &#28101; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DC5 |
| ← 淄 [U+6DC4] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 淆 → [U+6DC6] |

## Translingual
### Han character

淅 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水木竹中 (EDHL), four-corner 3212$_1$, composition ⿰氵析)
* water used to wash rice
* to wash rice

#### Derived characters

* 𥼔

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 629, character 5
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17617
* Dae Jaweon: page 1031, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1642, character 7
* Unihan data for U+6DC5

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 菥 | *se, *seːɡ |
| 蜤 | *se |
| 析 | *seːɡ |
| 皙 | *seːɡ |
| 蜥 | *seːɡ |
| 淅 | *seːɡ |
| 惁 | *seːɡ |
| 晰 | *seːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *seːɡ): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 析 (OC *seːɡ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xī (xi$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sik$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sek
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xī
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: si
*** Wade–Giles: hsi$^1$
*** Yale: syī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shi
*** Palladius: си (si)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sik$^1$
*** Yale: sīk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sik$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xig$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɪk̚⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek
*** Tâi-lô: sik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: seg
*** IPA (Xiamen): /siɪk̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪk̚⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪk̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /siɪk̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪk̚³²/
* Middle Chinese: sek
Rime :
| Character | 淅 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 錫 (127) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 先擊切 |
| Baxter | sek |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /sek̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /sek̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /sɛk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /sɛjk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /sek̚/ |
| Wang Li | /siek̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /siek̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sik$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*seːɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 淅 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13319 |
| Phonetic component | 析 |
| Rime group | 錫 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 錫 |
| Old Chinese | /*seːɡ/ |

### Definitions

淅
* (formal) to wash rice
* a surname

#### Synonyms

* 淘米 (táomǐ)

#### Usage notes

* Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian (《现代汉语规范词典》) specifically proscribes the substitution of '浙 (zhè)' with '淅'.

### Compounds

* 接淅而行
* 洒淅
* 淅川 (Xīchuān)
* 淅河 (Xīhé)
* 淅淅 (xīxī)
* 淅淅瀝瀝 / 淅淅沥沥
* 淅淅颯颯 / 淅淅飒飒
* 淅瀝 / 淅沥 (xīlì)
* 淅留淅零
* 淅零淅留
* 淅零零
* 淅颯 / 淅飒
* 瀝瀝淅淅 / 沥沥淅淅
* 瀟瀟淅淅 / 潇潇淅淅

### References

* “淅”, 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–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: しゃく (shaku)
* Kan-on: せき (seki)
* Kun: よなぐ (yonagu)、かしよね (kashiyone)

## Korean
### Etymology

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### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [sʰʌ̹k̚]
* Phonetic hangul: [석]

### Hanja

Wikisource 淅 (eum 석 (seok))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

淅: Hán Nôm readings: tích
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#### Further reading

* Nom Foundation