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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Rime
|
| Character
|
覬
|
覦
|
覦
|
| Reading #
|
1/1
|
1/2
|
2/2
|
| Initial (聲)
|
見 (28)
|
以 (36)
|
以 (36)
|
| Final (韻)
|
脂 (17)
|
虞 (24)
|
虞 (24)
|
| Tone (調)
|
Departing (H)
|
Level (Ø)
|
Departing (H)
|
| Openness (開合)
|
Open
|
Closed
|
Closed
|
| Division (等)
|
III
|
III
|
III
|
| Fanqie
|
几利切
|
羊朱切
|
羊戍切
|
| Baxter
|
kijH
|
yu
|
yuH
|
| Reconstructions
|
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
|
/kˠiɪH/
|
/jɨo/
|
/jɨoH/
|
Pan
Wuyun
|
/kᵚiH/
|
/jio/
|
/jioH/
|
Shao
Rongfen
|
/kiɪH/
|
/io/
|
/ioH/
|
Edwin
Pulleyblank
|
/kjiH/
|
/juə̆/
|
/juə̆H/
|
Li
Rong
|
/kjiH/
|
/io/
|
/ioH/
|
Wang
Li
|
/kiH/
|
/jĭu/
|
/jĭuH/
|
Bernhard
Karlgren
|
/kiH/
|
/i̯u/
|
/i̯uH/
|
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
|
jì
|
yú
|
yù
|
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
|
gei3
|
jyu4
|
jyu6
|
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
|
| Character
|
覬
|
覦
|
覦
|
| Reading #
|
1/1
|
1/2
|
2/2
|
| No.
|
10121
|
15861
|
15882
|
Phonetic
component
|
豈
|
俞
|
俞
|
Rime
group
|
微
|
侯
|
侯
|
Rime
subdivision
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
Corresponding
MC rime
|
冀
|
逾
|
裕
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*krɯls/
|
/*lo/
|
/*los/
|
Verb
覬覦
- (literary) to covet; to eye greedily
北冰洋是一片被眾多國家所覬覦的「白色世界」。 [MSC, trad.]
北冰洋是一片被众多国家所觊觎的「白色世界」。 [MSC, simp.]- Běibīngyáng shì yī piàn bèi zhòngduō guójiā suǒ jìyú de “báisè shìjiè”.
- The Arctic Ocean is a "winter wonderland" that has been coveted by many nations.
Noun
覬覦
- (literary) presumptuous desire or attempt
Derived terms