捷

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捷 U+6377, 捷
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6377
← 捶
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 捸 →

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

simp. and trad.
 捷

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 捷
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (疌) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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).
Rime
Character 捷
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 從 (15)
Final (韻) 葉 (155)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 疾葉切
Baxter dzjep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/d͡ziᴇp̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/d͡ziɛp̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/d͡zjæp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/d͡ziap̚/
Li
Rong 		/d͡ziɛp̚/
Wang
Li 		/d͡zĭɛp̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/d͡zʱi̯ɛp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jié
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zip6
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

  1. to win; to be victorious; to succeed
    大捷  ―  dàjié  ―  great victory
    捷報／捷报  ―  jiébào  ―  news of victory; report of a success
  2. 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  ―  jiézúxiāndēng  ―  the early bird gets the worm
  3. (Hokkien) frequent
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) spoils of war
  5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to reach

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

捷

  1. only used in 捷捷 (qièqiè)

Pronunciation 3

Definitions

捷

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 插 (chā, “to insert; to stick into”)

References

Japanese

Kanji

捷

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. quick, fast, rapid (はやい)
  2. victory, conquest, success (かつ)

Readings

  • On (unclassified): しょう (shō)←せふ (sefu, historical)、そう (sō)
  • Kun: かつ (katsu, 捷つ)、はやい (hayai, 捷い)

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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