擷

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See also: 撷
擷 U+64F7, 擷
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-64F7
← 擶
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 擸 →

Translingual

Han character

擷 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+15, 18 strokes, cangjie input 手土口金 (QGRC), four-corner 51086, composition ⿰扌頡)

  1. pick up, gather up
  2. hold in lap

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 461, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12900
  • Dae Jaweon: page 810, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1978, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+64F7

Chinese

trad. 擷
simp. 撷
alternative forms 𨘓
㩪

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (吉) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
秸 *kriːl, *kriːd
髻 *kiːds
夡 *kʰids
鴶 *kriːd
袺 *kriːd, *kiːd
頡 *kriːd, *ɡiːd
劼 *kʰriːd
硈 *kʰriːd
咭 *kʰriːd, *ɡlid, *qʰlid
黠 *ɡriːd
聐 *ŋreːd
趌 *ked, *klid, *kʰid, *ɡrid
結 *kiːd
拮 *kiːd, *klid
桔 *kiːd
狤 *kiːd, *klid, *ɡrid
擷 *qʰiːd, *ɡiːd
襭 *ɡiːd
翓 *ɡiːd
纈 *ɡiːd
吉 *klid
郆 *kid
詰 *kʰid
蛣 *kʰid
佶 *ɡlid, *ɡrid
鮚 *ɡrid
姞 *ɡrid
欯 *qʰlid
恄 *qʰlid

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 擷 擷
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 匣 (33) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 屑 (87) 屑 (87)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV IV
Fanqie 胡結切 虎結切
Baxter het xet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦet̚/ /het̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦet̚/ /het̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣɛt̚/ /xɛt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦɛt̚/ /hɛt̚/
Li
Rong 		/ɣet̚/ /xet̚/
Wang
Li 		/ɣiet̚/ /xiet̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ɣiet̚/ /xiet̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xié xie
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jit6 hit3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 擷
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		xié
Middle
Chinese 		‹ het ›
Old
Chinese 		/*m-ˁi/
English tuck in skirts (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 擷 擷
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 5686 5691
Phonetic
component 		吉 吉
Rime
group 		質 質
Rime
subdivision 		1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		𡘐 纈
Old
Chinese 		/*qʰiːd/ /*ɡiːd/

Definitions

擷

  1. (literary) to take; to pick; to pluck; to gather
  2. alternative form of 襭 / 𮖱 (xié, “to carry beneath one's robe”)

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

擷

  1. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to wave; to flutter; to fly
    衫仔裾擷來擷去。
    衫仔裾撷来撷去。
    Sam-á-ku hia̍t lâi hia̍t khì.
    The front and back of a Chinese robe or jacket is fluttering back and forth.
Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji

擷

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. pick up
  2. gather up
  3. hold in lap

Readings

  • On (unclassified): けつ (ketsu)
  • Kun: はさむ (hasamu)

Korean

Hanja

擷 (eum 힐 (hil))

  1. pick up
  2. gather up
  3. pull up by hand

Vietnamese

Han character

擷: Hán Nôm readings: hiệt

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References

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