頡頏

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Chinese

surname; fly upwards; neck fly down
trad. (頡頏)
simp. (颉颃)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2 2/2
Initial () (33) (29)
Final () (87) (101)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV I
Fanqie
Baxter het khangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦet̚/ /kʰɑŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦet̚/ /kʰɑŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣɛt̚/ /kʰɑŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦɛt̚/ /kʰaŋH/
Li
Rong
/ɣet̚/ /kʰɑŋH/
Wang
Li
/ɣiet̚/ /kʰɑŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣiet̚/ /kʰɑŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xié kàng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jit6 hong3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/2 2/2
No. 5687 7380
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡiːd/ /*ɡaːŋ/

Verb

頡頏

  1. (literary) to fly up and down
  2. (literary, figurative) to be equally matched; to rival each other
  3. Alternative form of 拮抗 (jiékàng)

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
きつ > きっ
Hyōgai
こう
Hyōgai
on'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 頡頏 – see the following entry.
拮抗きっこう
rivalry
rival, compete
(This term, 頡頏, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)