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Translingual
Han character
祗 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈火竹心一 (IFHPM) or 戈火竹女戈 (IFHVI), four-corner 32240, composition ⿰礻氐(GHT) or ⿰示氐(JK))
Derived characters
Usage notes
Not to be confused with 祇, which looks similar but has a different meaning.
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 841, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24665
- Dae Jaweon: page 1260, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2394, character 3
- Unihan data for U+7957
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 低
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*tiːl
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| 氐
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*tiːl, *til
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| 袛
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*tiːl
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| 羝
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*tiːl
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| 眡
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*tiːl, *djilʔ
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| 岻
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*tiːl, *dil
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| 奃
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*tiːl
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| 趆
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*tiːl, *tiːls
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| 柢
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*tiːl, *tiːlʔ, *tiːls
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| 邸
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*tiːlʔ
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| 底
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*tiːlʔ
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| 詆
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*tiːlʔ, *diːl
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| 坻
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*tiːlʔ, *tjelʔ, *dil
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| 抵
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*tiːlʔ
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| 牴
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*tiːlʔ
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| 觝
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*tiːlʔ
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| 弤
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*tiːlʔ
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| 軧
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*tiːlʔ
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| 骶
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*tiːls
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| 砥
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*tjelʔ, *tjil, *tjilʔ, *tjils
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| 胝
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*til
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| 疷
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*til
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| 秪
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*til
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| 泜
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*dil
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| 蚳
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*dil
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| 彽
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*dil
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| 阺
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*dil
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| 貾
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*dil
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| 祗
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*tjil
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| 厎
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*tjilʔ, *tjɯʔ
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| 茋
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*tjilʔ
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| 鴟
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*tʰjil
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| 汦
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*kjeʔ, *tjil
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjil) : semantic 示 + phonetic 氐 (OC *tiːl, *til).
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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祗
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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2270
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Phonetic
component
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氐
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Rime
group
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脂
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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脂
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Old
Chinese
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/*tjil/
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Definitions
祗
- (literary) to respect; to look up to; to revere
Etymology 2
Etymology 3
For pronunciation and definitions of 祗 – see 祇 (“earth spirit; big; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 祇). |
References
Japanese
Kanji
祗
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- to respect; to look up to
- earnestly; just
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 祗 (MC tsyij).
Pronunciation
Hanja
Wikisource
祗 (eumhun 공경(恭敬)할 지 (gonggyeonghal ji))
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Compounds
References
