揖

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揖 U+63D6, 揖
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63D6
← 揕
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 揗 →

Translingual

Han character

揖 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 手口尸十 (QRSJ), four-corner 56041, composition ⿰扌咠)

  1. salute, bow
  2. defer to, yield

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 442, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12351
  • Dae Jaweon: page 793, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1916, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+63D6

Chinese

trad. 揖
simp. # 揖

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (咠) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
楫 *ʔseb
檝 *ʔseb, *zib
湒 *ʔsib
咠 *ʔsib, *sʰib
葺 *ʔsib, *sʰib, *zib
緝 *sʰib
諿 *sʰib
輯 *zib
箿 *zib
蕺 *ʔsrib
戢 *ʔsrib
濈 *ʔsrib
霵 *ʔsrib, *zrib
揖 *qib

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qib): semantic 扌 + phonetic 咠 (OC *ʔsib, *sʰib).

Pronunciation 1

Note:
  • ák - vernacular;
  • ék - literary.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 揖
Mandarin Beijing /i³⁵/
Harbin /i⁴⁴/
Tianjin /i²¹/
Jinan /i²¹³/
Qingdao /i⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /i²⁴/
Xi'an /i²¹/
Xining /ji⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /i¹³/
Lanzhou /i¹³/
Ürümqi /i²¹³/
Wuhan /i²¹³/
Chengdu /i³¹/
Guiyang /i²¹/
Kunming /i³¹/
Nanjing /iʔ⁵/
Hefei /iəʔ⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /iəʔ²/
Pingyao /iʌʔ¹³/
Hohhot /i³¹/
Wu Shanghai /iɪʔ⁵/
Suzhou /iəʔ⁵/
Hangzhou /ʔiəʔ⁵/
Wenzhou /j̠ai²¹³/
Hui Shexian /iʔ²¹/
Tunxi /i⁵/
Xiang Changsha /i²⁴/
Xiangtan /i²⁴/
Gan Nanchang /iʔ⁵/
Hakka Meixian /ia⁵/
Taoyuan
Cantonese Guangzhou /jɐp̚⁵/
Nanning /jɐp̚⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /jɐp̚⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /ip̚³²/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /ɛiʔ²³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /i²⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /ip̚²/
Haikou (Hainanese) /ip̚⁵/
Rime
Character 揖
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 緝 (141)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 伊入切
Baxter 'jip
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔiɪp̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔip̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔjep̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔip̚/
Li
Rong 		/ʔiəp̚/
Wang
Li 		/ĭĕp̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ʔi̯əp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jap1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 揖
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yī
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ʔjip ›
Old
Chinese 		/*qip/
English bow (v.), salute

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 揖
Reading # 1/1
No. 10170
Phonetic
component 		咠
Rime
group 		緝
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		揖
Old
Chinese 		/*qib/

Definitions

揖

  1. to salute with one hand clasping the other in front of one's chest
  2. to politely decline; to modestly decline

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 揖
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jí
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tsip ›
Old
Chinese 		/*s.qrip/ (dialect: MC tsr- > ts-)
English cluster together

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.

Definitions

揖

  1. alternative form of 輯 / 辑 (jí, “to gather”)

References

Japanese

Kanji

揖

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: ゆう (yū)
  • Kan-on: ゆう (yū)
  • Kun: えしゃく (eshaku)、ゆずる (yuzuru)、おす (osu)

Korean

Hanja

揖 • (eup, jeup) (hangeul 읍, 즙)

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Vietnamese

Han character

揖: Hán Nôm readings: ập

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