汲

Translingual

Han character

汲 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+4 in traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean, 水+3 in mainland China, 7 strokes in traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean, 6 strokes in mainland China, cangjie input 水弓竹水 (ENHE), four-corner 3714₇, composition ⿰氵及)

Derived characters

• 𮡾, 𨦮

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 608, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17163
• Dae Jaweon: page 1001, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1554, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6C72

Chinese

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 汲姓 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• Ji (surname 汲) (English)

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *krɯb) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 及 (OC *ɡrɯb).

Pronunciation

Definitions

汲

1. to draw water from a well

   汲水  ―  jí shuǐ  ―  to draw water (from a well)

   綆短汲深／绠短汲深  ―  gěng duǎn jí shēn  ―  (literally) the rope is too short to fetch water from a well that is too deep

   • 短綆不可以汲深井之泉，知不幾者不可與及聖人之言。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     短绠不可以汲深井之泉，知不几者不可与及圣人之言。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd century BCE

     Duǎn gěng bùkěyǐ jí shēn jǐng zhī quán, zhī bù jǐ zhě bùkě yǔ jí shèngrén zhī yán.

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   • 夫山居而谷汲者，膢臘而相遺以水；澤居苦水者，買庸而決竇。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     夫山居而谷汲者，𦝼腊而相遗以水；泽居苦水者，买庸而决窦。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Han Feizi, circa 2^nd century BCE

     Fū shān jū ér gǔ jí zhě, lóu là ér xiàng yí yǐ shuǐ; zé jū kǔ shuǐ zhě, mǎi yōng ér jué dòu.

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2. Used in 汲取 (jíqǔ, “to draw (from a lesson, experience, etc.)”).
3. (obsolete) to guide; to assist

   • 汲鄭伯，逃歸陳侯。致柤之會，存中國也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     汲郑伯，逃归陈侯。致柤之会，存中国也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 《穀梁傳·襄公十年》 (Guliang Zhuan)

     Jí zhèng bó, táo guī chén hóu. Zhì 柤 zhī huì, cún zhōng guó yě.

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   • 無相非色，空不可極，而立言垂訓，以汲引為方。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     无相非色，空不可极，而立言垂训，以汲引为方。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 沈約 (Shen Yue) 《竟陵王發講疏並頌》

     Wú xiàng fēi sè, kōng bù kě jí, ér lì yán chuí xùn, yǐ jí yǐn wèi fāng.

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4. (obsolete) to nominate; to recommend a person

   • 禹、稷與皋陶傳相汲引，不為比周。何則？忠於為國，無邪心也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     禹、稷与皋陶传相汲引，不为比周。何则？忠于为国，无邪心也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Yǔ, jì yǔ gāotáo chuán xiàng jí yǐn, bù wèi bǐ zhōu. Hé zé? Zhōng yú wèi guó, wú xiéxīn yě.

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5. Used in 汲汲 (jíjí).
6. a surname

Synonyms

• (to imbibe):

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	Shinjitai (extended)	汲󠄀 汲+󠄀? (Adobe-Japan1)
汲󠄂 汲+󠄂? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
Kyūjitai	汲
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Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. (of water) to draw; to scoop; to ladle; to pump
2. (of feelings) to understand; to consider

Readings

• Go-on: こう (kō)^{←こふ (kofu, historical)}
• Kan-on: きゅう (kyū)^{←きふ (kifu, historical)}
• Kun: くむ (kumu, 汲む)
• Nanori: くみ (kumi)

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

汲 • (geup) (hangeul 급, revised geup, McCune–Reischauer kŭp, Yale kup)

1. to draw water from a well

Vietnamese

Han character

汲: Hán Việt readings: cấp
汲: Nôm readings: ngập, bập, gập

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References