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宜

See also: 宣 and 冝
宜 U+5B9C, 宜
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B9C
← 宛
[U+5B9B] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 宝 →
[U+5B9D]

Translingual

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Han character

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宜 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 十月一 (JBM), four-corner 30107, composition ⿱宀且)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 284, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7111
  • Dae Jaweon: page 561, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 920, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+5B9C

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
 宜
alternative forms
宐
㝖
𡨆
𠣨
𡪀
宐
㝖
𡨆
𠣨
𡪀
冝
 

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 宜
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
         
 
j29132
 
j29133
 
j29134
 
j29135
 
j29136
 
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j29138
 
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j29140
 
j29141
 
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j29146
 
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j29150
 
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j29152
 
j29153
 
j29154
 
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j29156
 
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j29158
 
j29159
 
j29160
 
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j29169
 
j29170
 
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Transcribed ancient scripts
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (多) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
多 *ʔl'aːl
哆 *ʔl'aːlʔ, *ʔl'aːls, *ʔr'aːls, *hr'aːl, *l̥ʰjaːlʔ, *l̥ʰjalʔ, *l̥ʰjɯs
跢 *ʔl'aːls, *ʔl'aːds
痑 *ʔl'aːls, *l̥ʰaːl, *l̥ʰaːn
爹 *daːʔ, *tjaː
陊 *l'aːlʔ, *l'alʔ
橠 *naːlʔ
袲 *naːlʔ, *l̥ʰjalʔ, *lal
奓 *ʔr'aːl, *ʔr'aːls
栘 *ɦljeːl, *lal
黟 *ʔleːl, *ʔlil
趍 *sʰlo, *l'al
誃 *l'al, *l̥ʰjalʔ
簃 *l'al, *lal
眵 *ʔljjal, *l̥ʰjal
恀 *ʔljalʔ, *l̥ʰjalʔ, *ɦljalʔ
侈 *l̥ʰjalʔ
姼 *l̥ʰjalʔ, *ɦljal, *ɦljalʔ
鉹 *l̥ʰjalʔ, *lal
垑 *l̥ʰjalʔ
袳 *l̥ʰjalʔ
卶 *l̥ʰjals, *hljals
宜 *ŋral
誼 *ŋrals
竩 *ŋrals
移 *lal
迻 *lal
扅 *lal
拸 *lal, *lalʔ
熪 *lal
謻 *lal
蛥 *ɢljad

Originally a pictogram (象形) or ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 且 (“sacrifical altar”) + 多 (“two pieces of meat”) – two pieces of sacrificial meat placed in a sacrifical altar.

Etymology

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Cognate with 儀 (OC *ŋral, “ceremony; appearance”). See there for more.

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • ngì - literary;
  • ngiè - vernacular.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 宜
Mandarin Beijing /i³⁵/
Harbin /i⁵³/
Tianjin /i⁵³/
Jinan /i⁴²/
Qingdao /i⁴²/
Zhengzhou /i⁴²/
Xi'an /ni²⁴/
Xining /ji²¹³/
Yinchuan /i⁵³/
Lanzhou /i⁵³/
Ürümqi /i²¹³/
Wuhan /i²¹³/
Chengdu /ȵi³¹/
/i³¹/
Guiyang /ni²¹/ 老
/i²¹/ 新
Kunming /ni³¹/
Nanjing /i²⁴/
Hefei /zz̩⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /i¹¹/
Pingyao /i¹³/
Hohhot /i³¹/
/i⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /ȵi²³/
Suzhou /ȵi¹³/
Hangzhou /ȵi²¹³/
Wenzhou /ȵi³¹/
Hui Shexian /ni⁴⁴/
Tunxi /ȵi⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /ȵi¹³/
Xiangtan /ȵi¹²/
Gan Nanchang /ȵi⁴⁵/ ～春市
/i⁰/ 便～
Hakka Meixian /ŋi¹¹/
Taoyuan /ŋi¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /ji²¹/
Nanning /ni²¹/
Hong Kong /ji²¹/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /gi³⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /ŋie⁵³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /ŋi²¹/
Shantou (Teochew) /ŋĩ⁵⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /ŋi³¹/
/zi³¹/
Rime
Character 宜
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 支 (13)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 魚羈切
Baxter ngje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ŋˠiᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ŋᵚiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ŋiɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ŋjiə̆/
Li
Rong 		/ŋje/
Wang
Li 		/ŋǐe/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ŋie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ji4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 宜 宜
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yí yí
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ngje › ‹ ngje ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋ(r)aj/ /*ŋ(r)aj/
English sacrifice to the deity of the soil (K) proper; should

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 宜
Reading # 1/1
No. 2677
Phonetic
component 		多
Rime
group 		歌
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		宜
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋral/
Notes 說文多省聲，古文從多。甲金文象俎加多，
多本象重肉，亦聲

Definitions

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宜

  1. appropriate; suitable; proper
  2. should; ought to
    宜早不宜遲／宜早不宜迟  ―  yí zǎo bùyí chí  ―  the sooner, the better
  3. (literary) probably; seemingly
  4. a surname

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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宜

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. good; best regards (よい) (よろしい)[1]
  2. naturally (むべ)
  3. should, ought (よろしく…べし)

Readings

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References

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  1. ^ “宜”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

Korean

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

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Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

宜 • (ui) (hangeul 의, revised ui, McCune–Reischauer ŭi)

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Han character

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宜: Hán Nôm readings: nghi, ngơi, nghe

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