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Translingual
Han character
忌 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 尸山心 (SUP), four-corner 17331, composition ⿱己心)
Further reading
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 376, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10310
- Dae Jaweon: page 702, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2270, character 11
- Unihan data for U+5FCC
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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改
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*klɯːʔ
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跽
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*ɡrɯʔ
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己
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*kɯʔ
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紀
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*kɯʔ
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妀
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*kɯʔ
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記
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*kɯs
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杞
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*kʰɯʔ
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屺
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*kʰɯʔ
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芑
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*kʰɯʔ
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邔
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*kʰɯʔ, *ɡɯs
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玘
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*kʰɯʔ
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忌
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*ɡɯs
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鵋
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*ɡɯs
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誋
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*ɡɯs
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梞
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*ɡɯs
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡɯs) : phonetic 己 (OC *kɯʔ) + semantic 心 (“heart”).
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Note:
- kī, khī - literary;
- khî - vernacular (俗);
- kī - anniversary of the death of one's elder.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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忌
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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jì
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Middle Chinese
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‹ giH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*m-k(r)ək-s/
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English
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warn; avoid
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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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忌
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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5774
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Phonetic component
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己
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Rime group
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之
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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忌
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Old Chinese
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/*ɡɯs/
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Definitions
忌
- to be jealous; to envy; to hate
- 妒忌 ― dùjì ― to envy
- (literary, or in compounds) to fear; to dread
- to avoid
- to abstain; to drop; to stop; to give up (a bad habit)
- to taboo; to prohibit
- taboo
- (literary or Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) anniversary of the death of one's elder
- 忌辰 [Hokkien] ― kī-sîn [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― anniversary of a death
- 忌日 [Hokkien] ― kī-ji̍t [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― anniversary of a death
今仔咧共阮阿媽做忌。 [Philippine Hokkien, trad.]
今仔咧共阮阿妈做忌。 [Philippine Hokkien, simp.]- Kin-á lé kāng gún a-má chòe-kī. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
- Today, the death anniversary is being held for our paternal grandmother.
- a surname: Ji
Synonyms
- 吃味 (chīwèi) (regional)
- 妒嫉 (dùjí)
- 妒忌 (dùjì)
- 妒恨 (dùhèn) (literary)
- 媢嫉 (màojí) (literary)
- 嫉妒 (jídù)
- 忌垢 (ji4 gou4) (Sichuanese)
- 忌妒 (jìdù)
- 怨妒 (Hokkien)
- 惡妒 / 恶妒 (Hokkien)
- 欣羨 / 欣羡 (xīnxiàn) (literary or Min Nan)
- 歆羨 / 歆羡 (xīnxiàn) (literary or Min Nan)
- 目空刺 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 目空赤 (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 目紅 / 目红 (Xiamen Hokkien, Quanzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 目赤 (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 眼氣 / 眼气 (nie2 qi3) (Jin)
- 眼紅 / 眼红 (yǎnhóng)
- 紅目 / 红目 (Hokkien)
- 羨慕 / 羡慕 (xiànmù)
- 葡萄 (pou4 tou4) (Cantonese, Hong Kong, neologism)
- 豔羨 / 艳羡 (yànxiàn) (formal)
- 赤狗目 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
- 赤目 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 嚇 / 吓
- 害怕 (hàipà)
- 怕
- 怕懼 / 怕惧 (pàjù) (literary)
- 恐懼 / 恐惧 (kǒngjù)
- 懼怕 / 惧怕 (jùpà)
- 深怕 (shēnpà)
- 生怕 (shēngpà)
- 生畏 (shēngwèi) (literary)
- 畏怯 (wèiqiè)
- 畏懼 / 畏惧 (wèijù)
- 驚 / 惊 (dialectal)
- (to abstain): 戒除 (jièchú)
Compounds
See also
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 忌 – see 嫉 (“to envy; to be jealous; to hate; to resent”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 嫉). |
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References
Japanese
Kanji
忌
(Jōyō kanji)
- mourning
- to abhor
- abhorrent, detestable
- death anniversary
Readings
Compounds
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 忌 (MC giH).
Pronunciation
Noun
忌 • (ki)
- mourning
- anniversary of someone's death
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
忌 (eumhun 꺼릴 기 (kkeoril gi))
- hanja form? of 기 (“jealous, envious”)
- hanja form? of 기 (“fear”)
Vietnamese
Han character
忌: Hán Việt readings: kí, kị, kỵ
忌: Nôm readings: cạy, cậy, cữ, kiêng, kị, kỵ
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