宜

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

Translingual

Han character

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

References
  • KangXi: 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
simp. and trad.
 宜
alternative forms
 
宐
㝖
𡨆
𠣨
𡪀
宐
㝖
𡨆
𠣨
𡪀
冝

Glyph origin
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
Oracle bone script

j29132

j29133

j29134

j29135

j29136

j29137

j29138

j29139

j29140

j29141

j29142

j29143

j29144

j29145

j29146

j29147

j29148

j29149

j29150

j29151

j29152

j29153

j29154

j29155

j29156

j29157

j29158

j29159

j29160

j29161

j29162

j29163

j29164

j29165

j29166

j29167

j29168

j29169

j29170

j29171

j29172

j29173

j29174

j29175

j29176

j29177

j29178

j29179

j29180

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) : 且 (“sacrifical altar”) + 多 (“two pieces of meat”) – two pieces of sacrificial meat placed in a sacrifical altar.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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 (Min Nan) /gi³⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /ŋie⁵³/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /ŋi²¹/
Shantou (Min Nan) /ŋĩ⁵⁵/
Haikou (Min Nan) /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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ŋˠiᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ŋᵚiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ŋiɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ŋjiə̆/
Li
Rong		 /ŋje/
Wang
Li		 /ŋǐe/
Bernard
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

宜

  1. appropriate; suitable; proper
  2. should; ought to
  3. probably; seemingly
  4. a surname

Compounds
Derived terms from 宜

References

Japanese

Kanji
宜

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. best regards
  2. good

Readings

Korean

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

宜: Hán Nôm readings: nghi, ngơi, nghe

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