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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Rime
|
| Character
|
拮
|
拮
|
据
|
| Reading #
|
1/2
|
2/2
|
1/1
|
| Initial (聲)
|
見 (28)
|
見 (28)
|
見 (28)
|
| Final (韻)
|
質 (48)
|
屑 (87)
|
魚 (22)
|
| Tone (調)
|
Checked (Ø)
|
Checked (Ø)
|
Level (Ø)
|
| Openness (開合)
|
Open
|
Open
|
Open
|
| Division (等)
|
III
|
IV
|
III
|
| Fanqie
|
居質切
|
古屑切
|
九魚切
|
| Baxter
|
kjit
|
ket
|
kjo
|
| Reconstructions
|
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
|
/kiɪt̚/
|
/ket̚/
|
/kɨʌ/
|
Pan
Wuyun
|
/kit̚/
|
/ket̚/
|
/kiɔ/
|
Shao
Rongfen
|
/kjet̚/
|
/kɛt̚/
|
/kiɔ/
|
Edwin
Pulleyblank
|
/kit̚/
|
/kɛt̚/
|
/kɨə̆/
|
Li
Rong
|
/kiĕt̚/
|
/ket̚/
|
/kiɔ/
|
Wang
Li
|
/kĭĕt̚/
|
/kiet̚/
|
/kĭo/
|
Bernhard
Karlgren
|
/ki̯ĕt̚/
|
/kiet̚/
|
/ki̯wo/
|
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
|
ji
|
jie
|
jū
|
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
|
gat1
|
git3
|
geoi1
|
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
|
| Character
|
拮
|
| Reading #
|
1/1
|
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
|
jié
|
Middle
Chinese
|
‹ ket ›
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*kˁi/
|
| English
|
grasp (v.)
|
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.
|
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
|
| Character
|
拮
|
拮
|
据
|
| Reading #
|
1/2
|
2/2
|
1/1
|
| No.
|
5682
|
5695
|
4265
|
Phonetic
component
|
吉
|
吉
|
古
|
Rime
group
|
質
|
質
|
魚
|
Rime
subdivision
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
Corresponding
MC rime
|
結
|
吉
|
居
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*kiːd/
|
/*klid/
|
/*ka/
|
Adjective
拮据
- short of money; in straitened circumstances
- 手頭拮据／手头拮据 ― shǒutóu jiéjū ― to feel the pinch
- 經濟拮据／经济拮据 ― jīngjì jiéjū ― to be hard up; to be short of money
- (literary) diligent
Derived terms
Adverb
拮据
- (literary) diligently