岌

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岌 U+5C8C, 岌
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C8C
← 岋
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 岍 →

Translingual

Han character

岌 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+4 in traditional Chinese and Korean, 山+3 in mainland China and Japanese, 7 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 6 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 山弓竹水 (UNHE), four-corner 22247, composition ⿱山及)

Derived characters

Further reading

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 308, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7929
  • Dae Jaweon: page 607, character 35
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 764, character 19
  • Unihan data for U+5C8C

Chinese

trad. 岌
simp. # 岌
alternative forms 圾
岋

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (及) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
趿 *sqʰɯːb
鈒 *sqʰɯːb, *sqʰrɯb
靸 *sqʰɯːb, *sqʰaːb
馺 *sqʰɯːb
砐 *ŋɡɯːb
魥 *ŋɡɯːb, *kʰab
扱 *skʰrɯːb
笈 *skʰrɯːb, *ɡrab, *ɡab, *ɡrɯb
衱 *ɡrab, *kab
极 *ɡrab, *ɡab
昅 *ɡab
雭 *sqʰrɯb
急 *krɯb
級 *krɯb
汲 *krɯb
芨 *krɯb
伋 *krɯb
彶 *krɯb
及 *ɡrɯb
岌 *ŋɡrɯb
吸 *qʰrɯb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋɡrɯb) : semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 及 (OC *ɡrɯb).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Note: gap6, ngap6 - variant.
Rime
Character 岌
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 緝 (142)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 魚及切
Baxter ngip
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ŋˠiɪp̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ŋᵚip̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ŋiep̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ŋjip̚/
Li
Rong 		/ŋjəp̚/
Wang
Li 		/ŋĭĕp̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ŋi̯əp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ngap6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 岌
Reading # 1/1
No. 5666
Phonetic
component 		及
Rime
group 		緝
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		岌
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋɡrɯb/

Definitions

岌

  1. (literary) lofty; towering
  2. Used in 岌岌 (jíjí, “perilous”).
  3. Used in 岦岌.
Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 岌 – see 岃 (“hill”).
(This character is a variant form of 岃).

Japanese

Kanji

岌

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: ごう (gō)
  • Kan-on: ぎゅう (gyū)
  • Kan’yō-on: きゅう (kyū)
  • Kun: たかい (takai, 岌い)

Korean

Hanja

岌 (eumhun 높을 급 (nopeul geup))

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References

Vietnamese

Han character

岌: Hán Việt readings: ngập
岌: Nôm readings: gập, ngấp, ngất, ngập, ngờm, ngợp, nhấp

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