尐

尐	U+5C10, 尐 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C10

← 小
[U+5C0F]

CJK Unified Ideographs

少 →
[U+5C11]

Translingual

Han character

尐 (radical 42 小+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 火人 (FO), four-corner 9030₀, composition ⿱小乀)

References

KangXi: page 296, character 19
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7474
Dae Jaweon: page 590, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 561, character 3
Unihan data for U+5C10

Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		尐

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jié (jie²)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zit³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jié
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ
  - Wade-Giles: chieh²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jye
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zit³
  - Yale: jit
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzit⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: jid³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siːt̚³/

Middle Chinese: /t͡siuᴇt̚/▼

Rime
Character	尐
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	薛 (82)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	姊劣切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siuᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʷiɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjuæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡swiat̚/
Li Rong	/t͡siuɛt̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭuɛt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si̯wɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jue

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*ʔsled/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	尐
Reading #	1/1
No.	6437
Phonetic component	尐
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ʔsled/

Definitions

尐

^† few; little

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		尐

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jí (ji²)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zik¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jí
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ
  - Wade-Giles: chih²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyi
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zik¹
  - Yale: jīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: jig¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚⁵/

Definitions

尐

^† female cicada with patterns

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 尐 – see 啲 (“a few; a little bit; some; the; those; etc.”). (This character, 尐, is a variant form of 啲.)

References

(Cantonese) Multi-function Chinese Character Database (漢語多功能字庫)

Japanese

Kanji

尐

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): せつ (setsu), せち (sechi), しつ (shitsu), しち (shichi)

Kun: すくない (sukunai), ちひさい (chihisai)

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