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Translingual
Han character
傑 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+10 in Chinese, 人+11 in Japanese, 12 strokes in Chinese, 13 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 人弓手木 (ONQD), four-corner 25294, composition ⿰亻桀)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 113, character 9
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 955
- Dae Jaweon: page 240, character 15
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 204, character 5
- Unihan data for U+5091
Chinese
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 傑
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s05669
Transcribed ancient scripts L37891 L26871 L26872 L26873 L26874
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:
- Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
- Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
- Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
- Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
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Old Chinese
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桀
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*ɡrad
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傑
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*ɡrad
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榤
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*ɡrad
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嵥
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*ɡrad
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滐
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*ɡrad
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搩
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*ɡrad
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謋
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*qʰʷraːɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ɡrad) : phonetic 桀 (OC *ɡrad) + semantic 亻 (“person”).
Etymology
Same word as 桀 (OC *ɡrad) (Schuessler, 2007). See there for etymology.
Pronunciation
Note:
- giag8 - hantou;
- giêg8 - Chaozhou.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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傑
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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jié
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Middle Chinese
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‹ gjet ›
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Old Chinese
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/*N-<r>at/
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English
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remarkable; hero
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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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傑
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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6462
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Phonetic component
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桀
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Rime group
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月
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Rime subdivision
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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傑
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Old Chinese
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/*ɡrad/
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Definitions
傑
- outstanding; remarkable
- hero
- a surname
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
傑
(Jōyō kanji)
- outstanding
Readings
Compounds
Proper noun
傑 • (Suguru)
- a male given name
References
- ^ “傑”, in 漢字ぺディア (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024
- ^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 190 (paper), page 145 (digital)
- ^ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 143 (paper), page 83 (digital)
Korean
Hanja
傑 (eumhun 호걸 걸 (hogeol geol))
- hanja form? of 걸 (“hero”)
- hanja form? of 걸 (“remarkable, outstanding”)
Vietnamese
Han character
傑: Hán Nôm readings: kiệt
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