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Translingual
Han character
拮 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 手土口 (QGR), four-corner 54061, composition ⿰扌吉)
- laboring hard, occupied
- pursue
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 427, character 21
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11990
- Dae Jaweon: page 776, character 18
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1866, character 3
- Unihan data for U+62EE
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 秸
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*kriːl, *kriːd
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| 髻
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*kiːds
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| 夡
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*kʰids
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| 鴶
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*kriːd
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| 袺
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*kriːd, *kiːd
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| 頡
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*kriːd, *ɡiːd
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| 劼
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*kʰriːd
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| 硈
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*kʰriːd
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| 咭
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*kʰriːd, *ɡlid, *qʰlid
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| 黠
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*ɡriːd
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| 聐
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*ŋreːd
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| 趌
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*ked, *klid, *kʰid, *ɡrid
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| 結
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*kiːd
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| 拮
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*kiːd, *klid
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| 桔
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*kiːd
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| 狤
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*kiːd, *klid, *ɡrid
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| 擷
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*qʰiːd, *ɡiːd
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| 襭
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*ɡiːd
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| 翓
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*ɡiːd
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| 纈
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*ɡiːd
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| 吉
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*klid
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| 郆
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*kid
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| 詰
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*kʰid
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| 蛣
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*kʰid
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| 佶
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*ɡlid, *ɡrid
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| 鮚
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*ɡrid
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| 姞
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*ɡrid
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| 欯
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*qʰlid
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| 恄
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*qʰlid
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Etymology 1
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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拮
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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jié
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ket ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*kˁi/
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| English
|
grasp (v.)
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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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拮
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拮
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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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5682
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5695
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Phonetic
component
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吉
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吉
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Rime
group
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質
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質
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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結
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吉
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Old
Chinese
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/*kiːd/
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/*klid/
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Definitions
拮
- Used in 拮据 (jiéjū).
Compounds
Etymology 2
Etymology 3
For pronunciation and definitions of 拮 – see 戛 (“lance; tap or strike lightly”).
(This character is a variant form of 戛). |
Etymology 4
For pronunciation and definitions of 拮 – see 㓤 (“(Cantonese) to pierce; to prick; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 㓤). |
References
Japanese
Kanji
拮
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
拮 • (gil, gyeol) (hangeul 길, 결, revised gil, gyeol, McCune–Reischauer kil, kyŏl, Yale kil, kyel)
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Vietnamese
Han character
拮: Hán Nôm readings: cất, cắt, gặt, gật, kiết, két, kít
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