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Translingual
Han character
捷 (Kangxi radical 64, 手 +8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手十中人 (QJLO ), four-corner 55081 , composition ⿰扌 疌 )
Derived characters
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 435 , character 24
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12216
Dae Jaweon: page 785, character 8
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1894, character 2
Unihan data for U+6377
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
疀
*sʰreːb
萐
*zreːb, *sreːb, *sreb
箑
*sreːb, *sreb
啑
*sraːb, *tiːɡs
睫
*ʔseb
婕
*ʔseb
緁
*sʰeb
捷
*zeb
疌
*zeb
寁
*ʔsuːmʔ, *zeb
倢
*zeb
崨
*zeb
踕
*zeb
誱
*zeb
徢
*seːb
蜨
*seːb
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 , OC *zeb ): semantic 手 ( “ hand ” ) + phonetic 疌 ( OC *zeb ) .
Etymology
Austroasiatic ; compare Khmer ចាប់ ( cap , “ to catch, capture, seize, grasp, get ” ) , Chong ( chap ) & Pear ( chap , “ catch ” ) (Schuessler, 2007 ).
Related to 妾 (OC *sʰeb , “slave woman, concubine”)
Pronunciation 1
Note :
chia̍p - literary (“quick; frequent”);
chia̍t - vernacular (俗).
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
捷
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
jié
Middle Chinese
‹ dzjep ›
Old Chinese
/*p/
English
victory
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
捷
Reading #
1/1
No.
6450
Phonetic component
疌
Rime group
盍
Rime subdivision
2
Corresponding MC rime
捷
Old Chinese
/*zeb/
Definitions
捷
to win ; to be victorious ; to succeed
大捷 ― dàjié ― great victory
捷 報/ 捷 报 ― jié bào ― news of victory; report of a success
quick ; fast ; rapid ; swift ; nimble ; agile
快捷 ― kuàijié ― fast and nimble
敏捷 ― mǐnjié ― nimble; agile; shrewd; quick
便捷 ― biànjié ― convenient and fast
捷 足先登 ― jié zúxiāndēng ― the early bird gets the worm
( Hokkien ) frequent
( obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese ) spoils of war
( obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese ) to reach
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Definitions
捷
only used in 捷捷 (qièqiè )
Pronunciation 3
Definitions
捷
( obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese ) alternative form of 插 ( chā , “ to insert ; to stick into ” )
References
Japanese
Kanji
捷
(Jinmeiyō kanji )
quick , fast , rapid ( はやい )
victory , conquest , success ( かつ )
Readings
Korean
Hanja
捷 • (cheop ) (hangeul 첩 , revised cheop, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏp, Yale chep)
To be quick; to win.
Vietnamese
Han character
捷 : Hán Nôm readings: tiệp , tẹp
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