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Translingual
Han character
稷 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+10, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹木田金水 (HDWCE), four-corner 26947, composition ⿰禾畟)
- god of cereals
- minister of agriculture
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 857, character 19
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25207
- Dae Jaweon: page 1282, character 29
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2623, character 5
- Unihan data for U+7A37
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 稷
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*sklɯɡ
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| 畟
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*sklɯɡ, *skʰrɯɡ
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| 溭
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*sɡrɯɡ
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| 謖
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*sqʰruɡ
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Etymology
Sagart (2008: 134-136) considers it a cognate of Proto-Austronesian *bəCəŋ (“foxtail millet”) as part of the hypothetical Sino-Tibetan-Austronesian language family. Blust (2013: 713), however, finds this comparison unconvincing because of the apparently arbitrary and phonetically unjustified fluctuation between Old Chinese *-k and Proto-Austronesian *-ŋ.
Cognates of this word are found in a handful of Tibeto-Burman languages, such as Drung tɕɑʔ⁵⁵ (“millet”) and Lhokpu cək (“Setaria italica”) (Sagart, 2008). This etymon should be kept separated from 饎 (OC *kʰljɯs), 芑 (OC *kʰɯʔ) and 穄 (OC *ʔsleds). The first two may belong to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *khrəj (“millet”), while the last one may be related to Proto-Lolo-Burmese *tsap (“millet”), along with Burmese ဆပ် (hcap, “Setaria italica”) and Nuosu ꏹ (jyp, “millet”) (Schuessler, 2007: 299).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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稷
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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jì
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ tsik ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ək/
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| English
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millet (Setaria italica)
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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稷
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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1170
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Phonetic
component
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畟
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Rime
group
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職
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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即
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Old
Chinese
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/*sklɯɡ/
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Definitions
稷
- foxtail millet (Setaria italica)
- God of cereals
- † minister of agriculture
Compounds
Descendants
Japanese
Kanji
稷
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
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Readings
Etymology
Noun
稷 or 稷 • (kibi)
- Alternative form of 黍
Korean
Hanja
稷 • (jik) (hangeul 직, revised jik, McCune–Reischauer chik, Yale cik)
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Vietnamese
Han character
稷: Hán Nôm readings: tắc
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