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Translingual
Han character
債 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+11, 13 strokes, cangjie input 人手一金 (OQMC), four-corner 25286, composition ⿰亻責)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 114, character 26
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1022
- Dae Jaweon: page 244, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 207, character 10
- Unihan data for U+50B5
Chinese
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 債
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 s05920
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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).
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Old Chinese
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債
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*ʔsreːɡs, *ʔsreːɡ
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積
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*ʔseɡs, *ʔseɡ
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刺
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*sʰeɡs, *sʰeɡ
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莿
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*sʰeːɡs, *raːds
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㓨
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*sʰeɡs
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朿
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*sʰeɡs
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漬
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*zeɡs
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耫
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*zraːd, *zreːɡ
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嘖
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*ʔsraːɡ, *ʔsreːɡ, *zreːɡ
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梀
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*sreːɡ, *sʰloːɡ, *sloːɡ, *l̥ʰoɡ
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捒
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*sreːɡ, *sroɡs, *sroɡs
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幘
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*ʔsreːɡ
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簀
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*ʔsreːɡ
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嫧
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*ʔsreːɡ, *sʰreːɡ, *sʰeɡ
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謮
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*ʔsreːɡ
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責
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*ʔsreːɡ
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皟
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*sʰreːɡ
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憡
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*sʰreːɡ
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策
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*sʰreːɡ
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筴
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*sʰreːɡ, *kreːb, *keːb
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拺
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*sʰreːɡ, *sreːɡ
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賾
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*zreːɡ
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鰿
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*zreːɡ, *ʔseɡ
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擌
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*sreːɡ
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蹟
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*ʔseɡ
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襀
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*ʔseɡ
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磧
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*sʰeɡ
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洓
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*sʰeɡ
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績
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*ʔseːɡ
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勣
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*ʔseːɡ
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樍
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*ʔseːɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsreːɡs, *ʔsreːɡ): semantic 亻 + phonetic 責 (OC *ʔsreːɡ).
Etymology
Cognate with 責 (OC *ʔsreːɡ, “to request; to hold responsible”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
Note:
- chè/chèe - vernacular;
- chài - literary.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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債
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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zhài
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Middle Chinese
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‹ tsrɛH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*s-tˁrek-s/
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English
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debt
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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債
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債
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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No.
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1744
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1759
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Phonetic component
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朿
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朿
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Rime group
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賜
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錫
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Rime subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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債
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責
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Old Chinese
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/*ʔsreːɡs/
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/*ʔsreːɡ/
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Definitions
債
- debt; loan; liabilities (Classifier: 條/条 mn-t)
- (figurative) owed thing
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
債
(Jōyō kanji)
Readings
Compounds
Noun
債 • (sai)
- loan, debt
Korean
Hanja
債 (eum 채 (chae))
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Vietnamese
Han character
債: Hán Nôm readings: trái
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