撤

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See also: 撒
撤 U+64A4, 撤
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-64A4
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 撥 →

Translingual

Han character

撤 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+11 in traditional Chinese (Taiwan), 手+12 in Chinese (mainland China, Hong Kong), Japanese and Korean, 14 strokes in traditional Chinese (Taiwan), 15 strokes in mainland China and Japanese and Korean, cangjie input 手卜月大 (QYBK) or 手大月大 (QKBK), four-corner 58040, composition ⿲扌育攵)

Related characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 455, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12726
  • Dae Jaweon: page 804, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1962, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+64A4

Chinese

trad. 撤
simp. # 撤
2nd round simp. 𢪃
alternative forms 徹／彻

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (徹) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
徹 *tʰed
撤 *tʰed, *ded
澈 *ded
轍 *ded

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tʰed, *ded) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + abbreviated phonetic 徹 (OC *tʰed) – to remove by hand.

Etymology

Cognate with 徹 (OC *tʰed, “to remove”). See there for more.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • tiêg4 - Chaozhou;
  • tiag4 - Shantou.
Rime
Character 撤 撤
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 澄 (11) 徹 (10)
Final (韻) 仙 (83) 仙 (83)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 直列切 丑列切
Baxter drjet trhjet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɖˠiᴇt̚/ /ʈʰˠiᴇt̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɖᵚiɛt̚/ /ʈʰᵚiɛt̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȡiæt̚/ /ȶʰiæt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɖiat̚/ /ʈʰiat̚/
Li
Rong 		/ȡjɛt̚/ /ȶʰjɛt̚/
Wang
Li 		/ȡĭɛt̚/ /ȶʰĭɛt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ȡʱi̯ɛt̚/ /ȶʰi̯ɛt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zhé che
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zit6 cit3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 撤 撤
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		chè chè
Middle
Chinese 		‹ drjet › ‹ trhjet ›
Old
Chinese 		/*m-tʰret/ /*tʰret/
English remove, take away remove, take away

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 撤 撤
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 1320 1321
Phonetic
component 		徹 徹
Rime
group 		月 月
Rime
subdivision 		2 2
Corresponding
MC rime 		屮 轍
Old
Chinese 		/*tʰed/ /*ded/
Notes 徹轉註字

Definitions

撤

  1. to take away; to remove; to clear away
  2. to withdraw; to retreat
  3. to lighten; to ease; to alleviate; to lessen; to relieve

Synonyms

  • (to remove):
  • (to withdraw):
  • (to lighten):

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

撤

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. withdraw

Readings

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 撤 (MC drjet).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 뗘ᇙ〮 (Yale: ttyélq)

Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

撤 (eumhun 거둘 철 (geodul cheol))

  1. Hanja form? of 철 (“to withdraw”).

Compounds

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

撤: Hán Nôm readings: triệt, trẹt, trê, trệt, trịt

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