藉

Translingual

Han character

藉 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 廿手木日 (TQDA), four-corner 4496₁, composition ⿱艹耤)

1. mat, pad
2. rely on
3. pretext

Derived characters

• 躤

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1063, character 42
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32242
• Dae Jaweon: page 1528, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3309, character 12
• Unihan data for U+85C9

Chinese

Glyph origin

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

藉

1. (obsolete) straw mat used to offer sacrifices
2. (literary) pad; mat
3. (literary) to spread; to lay out (a mat)
4. (archaic) to sit on; to lay on (a mat)
5. (alt. form 借) to rely on; to depend on; to lean on; by means of
6. (alt. form 借) to use as a pretext
7. (literary) even if

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

藉

1. numerous and disorderly
2. ^† to pay tribute
3. ^† Alternative form of 籍 (jí, “tax”)
4. ^† to tie using a rope
5. ^† to care for; to treasure
6. ^† Alternative form of 籍 (jí, “to record”)
7. ^† Alternative form of 籍 (jí, “to confiscate”)
8. a surname

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. numerous and disorderly
2. to pay tribute
3. to borrow

Readings

• Go-on: じゃ (ja); じゃく (jaku)
• Kan-on: しゃ (sha); せき (seki)
• Kun: しく (shiku, 藉く); かりる (kariru, 藉りる); ふむ (fumu, 藉む)

Korean

Hanja

藉 • (ja, jeok) (hangeul 자, 적, revised ja, jeok, McCune–Reischauer cha, chŏk, Yale ca, cek)

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Vietnamese

Han character

藉: Hán Việt readings: tạ, tịch, tá
藉: Nôm readings: tạ, tã, chạ

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References