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Translingual
Han character
責 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手一月山金 (QMBUC), four-corner 50806, composition ⿱龶貝)
Derived characters
- 債, 嘖, 嫧, 幘, 㣱, 㥽, 樍, 歵, 㱴, 漬, 㺓, 皟, 瞔, 磧, 積, 績, 耫, 襀, 謮, 蹟, 賾, 䥊, 鰿, 䶦, 䟄, 勣, 䚍, 蔶, 簀
- 𧶷, 𤖓, 𤗮, 𤳎, 𥎍, 𥼃, 𦎸, 𦟜, 𦣱, 𧷤, 𧐐, 𨢦, 𨲪, 𫗙, 𩌪, 𫘁, 𪒑, 𨖊, 𣤈, 𩔳, 𥡯, 𪄸, 𤹠, 𩄾
- 𭍬, 𭽴, 𮂒, 𮥜, 𮧐
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1205, character 19
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36682
- Dae Jaweon: page 1668, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3626, character 2
- Unihan data for U+8CAC
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 債
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*ʔsreːɡs, *ʔsreːɡ
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| 積
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*ʔseɡs, *ʔseɡ
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| 刺
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*sʰeɡs, *sʰeɡ
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| 莿
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*sʰeːɡs, *raːds
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| 㓨
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*sʰeɡs
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| 朿
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*sʰeɡs
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| 漬
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*zeɡs
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| 耫
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*zraːd, *zreːɡ
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| 嘖
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*ʔsraːɡ, *ʔsreːɡ, *zreːɡ
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| 梀
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*sreːɡ, *sʰloːɡ, *sloːɡ, *l̥ʰoɡ
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| 捒
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*sreːɡ, *sroɡs, *sroɡs
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| 幘
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*ʔsreːɡ
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| 簀
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*ʔsreːɡ
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| 嫧
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*ʔsreːɡ, *sʰreːɡ, *sʰeɡ
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| 謮
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*ʔsreːɡ
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| 責
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*ʔsreːɡ
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| 皟
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*sʰreːɡ
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| 憡
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*sʰreːɡ
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| 策
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*sʰreːɡ
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| 筴
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*sʰreːɡ, *kreːb, *keːb
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| 拺
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*sʰreːɡ, *sreːɡ
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| 賾
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*zreːɡ
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| 鰿
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*zreːɡ, *ʔseɡ
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| 擌
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*sreːɡ
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| 蹟
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*ʔseɡ
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| 襀
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*ʔseɡ
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| 磧
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*sʰeɡ
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| 洓
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*sʰeɡ
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| 績
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*ʔseːɡ
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| 勣
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*ʔseːɡ
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| 樍
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*ʔseːɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsreːɡ) : phonetic 朿 (OC *sʰeɡs) + semantic 貝 (“cowry; money”) – tax; debt.
Top component now resembles 生 (without the diagonal stroke) – compare 青, 素.
Pronunciation 1
Note:
- chit - vernacular (“duty; to look into; to ask for”);
- chiak - liteary (“to look into; to ask for”);
- chek - literary (“duty; to look into; to ask for”).
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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責
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責
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| Reading #
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1/3
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2/3
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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zé
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zé
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ tsreak ›
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‹ tsreak ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*s-tˁrek/
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/*s-tˁrek/
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| English
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demand payment
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blame
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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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責
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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1761
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Phonetic
component
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朿
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Rime
group
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錫
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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責
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʔsreːɡ/
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Definitions
責
- to demand; to ask for (something)
- to demand to; to order to
- to blame; to reproach
- to interrogate; to question closely
- to punish by beating
- duty; responsibility
- (Hakka) to thrust; to poke with finger
- (Mainland China Hokkien) to look into; to investigate
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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責
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| Reading #
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3/3
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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zhài
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ tsreaH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*s-tˁrek-s/
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| English
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debt
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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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Definitions
責
- † Original form of 債／债 (zhài, “debt; loan”).
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
責
(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)
- blame
- condemn
Readings
Etymology
| For pronunciation and definitions of 責 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 責, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Korean
Etymology 1
Hanja
責 (eumhun 꾸짖을 책 (kkujijeul chaek))
- hanja form? of 책 (“reproach”)
Compounds
Etymology 2
Hanja
責 (eumhun 빚 채 (bit chae))
- (obsolete) Alternative form of 債 (“hanja form? of 채 (“debt”)”)
Vietnamese
Han character
責: Hán Nôm readings: trách
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