咭

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咭 U+54AD, 咭
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54AD
← 咬
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 咮 →

Translingual

Han character

咭 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口土口 (RGR), four-corner 64061, composition ⿰口吉)

  1. (Cantonese) to guard (from English 'guard')
  2. (Cantonese) a card (from English 'card')
  3. (Cantonese) young and pretty (from English 'kid')

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 186, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3544
  • Dae Jaweon: page 406, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 611, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+54AD

Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
 咭

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 咭 咭
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 曉 (32) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 質 (48) 鎋 (75)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III II
Fanqie 許吉切 恪八切
Baxter xjit kheat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/hiɪt̚/ /kʰˠɛt̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/hit̚/ /kʰᵚæt̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/xjet̚/ /kʰæt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/hit̚/ /kʰəɨt̚/
Li
Rong 		/xiĕt̚/ /kʰɛt̚/
Wang
Li 		/xĭĕt̚/ /kʰæt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/xi̯ĕt̚/ /kʰat̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xi qia
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hat1 haat3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 咭 咭 咭
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 5677 5700 5708
Phonetic
component 		吉 吉 吉
Rime
group 		質 質 質
Rime
subdivision 		1 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		𤫶 欯
Old
Chinese 		/*kʰriːd/ /*ɡlid/ /*qʰlid/

Definitions

咭

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Compounds

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
 咭
alternative forms 卡

Borrowed from English card.

Pronunciation

Definitions

咭

  1. (Cantonese) card (Classifier: 張／张 c)

Compounds

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.
 咭
alternative forms 吉
機／机

Pronunciation

Definitions

咭

  1. Transliteration of English 'g' syllable:
    1. Used in 𠸄咭唎.

References

Japanese

Kanji

咭

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

咭 • (gil, gal) (hangeul 길, 갈, revised gil, gal, McCune–Reischauer kil, kal)

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Vietnamese

Han character

咭: Hán Nôm readings: gắt

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