奚 (Kangxi radical 37, 大+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月女戈大 (BVIK), four-corner 2043₀, composition ⿱爫𡗞)

• 傒, 嗘, 嵠, 徯, 溪, 慀, 榽, 膎, 磎, 螇, 縘, 豯, 蹊, 豀, 貕, 謑, 鞵, 騱, 鼷, 谿, 雞, 鷄, 鶏, 蒵, 䙎

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 252, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5930
• Dae Jaweon: page 514, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 541, character 11
• Unihan data for U+595A

Historical forms of the character 奚
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): a hand 爪 grabbing a criminal slave 大 by their braids 幺. In Warring States texts the bottom of the character was often simplified, making the character interchangeable with 系.

Cognate with 何 (OC *ɡaːl, “what; where; why; how”). See there for more.

奚

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) where? what? how? why?

   子路曰：「衛君待子而為政，子將奚先？」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   子路曰：「卫君待子而为政，子将奚先？」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

   Zǐlù yuē: “Wèi jūn dài zǐ ér wèizhèng, zǐ jiāng xī xiān?” [Pinyin]

   Zi Lu said, "The ruler of Wei has been waiting for you, in order with you to administer the government. What will you consider the first thing to be done?"

   或謂孔子曰：「子奚不為政？」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   或谓孔子曰：「子奚不为政？」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

   Huò wèi kǒngzǐ yuē: “Zǐ xī bù wèizhèng?” [Pinyin]

   Some one addressed Confucius, saying, "Sir, why are you not engaged in the government?"

   彼且奚適也？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   彼且奚适也？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

   Bǐ qiě xī shì yě? [Pinyin]

   Where is it going to?

2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) servant
3. the Xi (Kumo Xi) people

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form ⿱爫夫)

1. servant
2. what
3. why

• On (unclassified): けい (kei)
• Kun: なんぞ (nanzo, 奚ぞ)、なに (nani, 奚)、しもべ (shimobe, 奚)^[1]

奚 • (hae) (hangeul 해, revised hae, McCune–Reischauer hae)

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奚: Hán Nôm readings: hề

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