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Translingual
Han character
集 (Kangxi radical 172, 隹 +4, 12 strokes, cangjie input 人土木 (OGD ), four-corner 20904 , composition ⿱隹 木 )
Derived characters
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 1365 , character 15
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41974
Dae Jaweon: page 1869, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4092, character 10
Unihan data for U+96C6
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
雜
*zuːb
磼
*zuːb
囃
*sʰoːb
鏶
*zob, *zub
穕
*zob
潗
*ʔsub
集
*zub
Pictogram (象形 ) – a bird (隹 ( zhuī ) ) in the tree (木 ( mù ) ).
The variant 雧 ( jí ) shows three birds instead.
Etymology
Cognate with 雜 (OC *zuːb , “mixed”) (Karlgren, 1956 ). Compare Khmer ជួប ( cuəp , “ to meet ” ) (Schuessler, 2007 ).
Pronunciation
Mandarin
(Standard )
(Pinyin ) : jí (ji2 )
(Zhuyin ) : ㄐㄧˊ
(Chengdu , Sichuanese Pinyin ) : jie2 / ji2
Cantonese
(Guangzhou –Hong Kong , Jyutping ) : zaap6 / zaap6-2
(Taishan , Wiktionary ) : dap5
Gan (Wiktionary ) : qit7
Hakka
(Sixian , PFS ) : si̍p
(Hailu , HRS ) : sibˋ
(Meixian , Guangdong ) : xib6
Jin (Wiktionary ) : jieh5
Northern Min (KCR ) : cì
Eastern Min (BUC ) : cĭk
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing ): zih7
Southern Min
(Hokkien , POJ ) : chi̍p / che̍p
(Teochew , Peng'im ) : zib8
Wu (Shanghai , Wugniu ) : 8 zhiq
Xiang (Changsha , Wiktionary ) : zi6
Note : zaap6-2 - alternative pronunciation for "collection".
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
集
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
jí
Middle Chinese
‹ dzip ›
Old Chinese
/*p/
English
gather, collect
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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
集
Reading #
1/1
No.
5754
Phonetic component
集
Rime group
緝
Rime subdivision
3
Corresponding MC rime
集
Old Chinese
/*zub/
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Definitions
集
to collect ; to gather
collection ; set
market ; fair
Classifier for episodes .
( mathematics ) set
Synonyms
允集 ( yǔnjí ) ( literary ) 匯 / 汇 ( huì ) 匯總 / 汇总 ( huìzǒng ) 匯聚 / 汇聚 ( huìjù ) 匯集 / 汇集 ( huìjí ) 叢集 / 丛集 ( cóngjí ) 團聚 / 团聚 ( tuánjù ) 坌集 ( bènjí ) ( literary ) 委會 / 委会 ( wěihuì ) ( literary ) 密集 ( mìjí ) 彙集 / 汇集 ( huìjí ) 徵集 / 征集 ( zhēngjí ) 採 / 采 ( cǎi ) 採擷 / 采撷 ( literary ) 採集 / 采集 ( cǎijí ) 搜羅 / 搜罗 ( sōuluó ) 搜集 ( sōují ) 摟 / 搂 ( lōu ) 攏 / 拢 ( lǒng ) 攢 / 攒 ( cuán ) 攢聚 / 攒聚 ( cuánjù ) 攢集 / 攒集 ( cuánjí ) 收羅 / 收罗 ( shōuluó ) 收錄 / 收录 ( shōulù ) 收集 ( shōují ) 會合 / 会合 ( huìhé ) 會聚 / 会聚 ( huìjù ) 會集 / 会集 ( huìjí ) 湊 / 凑 ( còu ) 湊集 / 凑集 ( còují ) 相聚 ( xiāngjù ) 籌集 / 筹集 ( chóují ) 糾合 / 纠合 ( jiūhé ) ( literary ) 糾集 / 纠集 ( jiūjí ) ( derogatory ) 群集 ( qúnjí ) 聚 ( jù ) 聚合 ( jùhé ) 聚攏 / 聚拢 ( jùlǒng ) 聚斂 / 聚敛 ( jùliǎn ) 聚會 / 聚会 ( jùhuì ) 聚集 ( jùjí ) 聚首 ( jùshǒu ) ( formal, usually of leaders, important figures ) 蒐集 ( sōují ) 薈萃 / 荟萃 ( huìcuì ) ( literary ) 蝟集 / 猬集 ( wèijí ) ( literary ) 調集 / 调集 ( diàojí ) 集中 ( jízhōng ) 集合 ( jíhé ) 集會 / 集会 ( jíhuì ) 集結 / 集结 ( jíjié ) 麇集 ( qúnjí ) ( literary )
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
集
(Third grade kyōiku kanji )
Readings
Go-on : じゅう ( jū ) ←じふ ( zifu , historical )
Kan-on : しゅう ( shū , Jōyō ) ←しふ ( sifu , historical )
Kun : あつまる ( atsu maru , 集まる , Jōyō ) 、あつめる ( atsu meru , 集める , Jōyō ) 、たかる ( taka ru , 集る ) 、つどう ( tsudo u , 集う , Jōyō )
Compounds
Noun
集( しゅう ) • (shū )
collection , assembly
Korean
Hanja
集 (eumhun 모을 집 ( mo'eul jip ) )
hanja form? of 집 ( “ collection ” )
Vietnamese
Han character
集 : Hán Việt readings: tập (秦 ( tần ) 入 ( nhập ) 切 ( thiết ) )[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
集 : Nôm readings: tập [ 1] [ 2] [ 4] [ 6] , tắp [ 3] [ 7] [ 5] , tợp [ 3] [ 7] [ 5]
chữ Hán form of tập ( “ set ; collection ; section ” ) .
Compounds
References