孑

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See also: 孓, 子, 才, and 扌
孑 U+5B51, 孑
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B51
← 子
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 孒 →

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

孑 (Kangxi radical 39, 子+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 弓弓一 (NNM), four-corner 17407, composition ⿻了㇀)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 277, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6931
  • Dae Jaweon: page 544, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1008, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+5B51

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 孑
alternative forms 𡤼

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 孑
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (孑) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
孑 *ked
𨥂 *ked

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 孑
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 薛 (83)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 居列切
Baxter kjet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kˠiᴇt̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kᵚiɛt̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kiæt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kiat̚/
Li
Rong 		/kjɛt̚/
Wang
Li 		/kĭɛt̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ki̯ɛt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jie
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		git3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 孑
Reading # 1/1
No. 6435
Phonetic
component 		孑
Rime
group 		月
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		孑
Old
Chinese 		/*ked/

Definitions

孑

  1. alone; lonely
    孑孑  ―  jiéjié  ―  outstanding
  2. left-over; remaining
  3. Used in 孑孓 (jiéjué).
  4. a surname

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

孑

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: けち (kechi)
  • Kan-on: けつ (ketsu)
  • Kan’yō-on: げつ (getsu)
  • Kun: ひとり (hitori, 孑)

Korean

Hanja

孑 (eum 혈 (hyeol))

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Vietnamese

Han character

孑: Hán Nôm readings: két

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References

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