截

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截 U+622A, 截
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-622A
← 戩
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 戫 →

Translingual

Han character

截 (Kangxi radical 62, 戈+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 十戈人土 (JIOG), four-corner 43250, composition ⿹𢦏隹)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 413, character 32
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11639
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1409, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+622A

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 截
alternative forms 𢧵

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (截) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
巀 *zaːd, *zeːd
截 *zeːd
蠽 *ʔsed

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zeːd): phonetic 雀 (OC *ʔsewɢ) + semantic 戈.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • chia̍t - literary;
  • choe̍h - vernacular (“to slice”);
  • che̍h - vernacular.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 截
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jié
Middle
Chinese 		‹ dzet ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁet/
English cut, trim

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 截
Reading # 1/1
No. 6471
Phonetic
component 		截
Rime
group 		月
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		𢧵
Old
Chinese 		/*zeːd/
Notes 說文作從戈雀聲，
疑會意

Definitions

截

  1. to cut off; to sever; to slice
    截肉 [Hokkien]  ―  choe̍h bah [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to slice meat
  2. to bar; to stop; to obstruct; to block
  3. to close; to end
  4. section
  5. Classifier for sections or lengths of objects.
  6. neat; well-ordered; orderly
  7. Alternative form of 接 (jiē, “to pick up”)
  8. a surname: Jie

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 切 (“to cut with a knife; to slice”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 切
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 切
Taiwan 切
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 切
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 切
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 切
Wuhan 切
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 切
Hefei 切
Cantonese Guangzhou 切
Hong Kong 切
Yangjiang 切
Gan Nanchang 切
Hakka Meixian 切
Jin Taiyuan 切
Northern Min Jian'ou 切
Eastern Min Fuzhou 削
Southern Min Xiamen 截, 切
Taipei 切, 截
New Taipei (Sanxia) 切
Kaohsiung 切
Yilan 𠞩, 切
Changhua (Lukang) 切
Taichung 切
Tainan 𠞩, 切
Hsinchu 切, 截
Kinmen 切, 截
Penghu (Magong) 切, 截
Manila (Hokkien) 切, 截
Chaozhou 截
Wu Suzhou 切
Wenzhou 切
Xiang Changsha 切
Shuangfeng 切
  • (to bar):

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “to bar”):

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

截

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. to cut, to sever

Readings

  • Go-on: ぜち (zechi)
  • Kan-on: せつ (setsu)
  • Kan’yō-on: さい (sai)
  • Kun: たつ (tatsu, 截つ)、きる (kiru, 截る)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
截
せつ
Hyōgai
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 截. Compare modern Cantonese 截 (zit6).

Pronunciation

Affix

截(せつ) • (setsu) 

  1. section
  2. cut
  3. sever
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
截
さい
Hyōgai
kan'yōon

Probably originally a misreading based on this character's visual and semantic similarity to 裁, commonly read as sai.

Pronunciation

Affix

截(さい) • (sai) 

  1. section
  2. cut
  3. sever
Derived terms

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 截 (*dzhet).

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

截 (eumhun 끊을 절 (kkeuneul jeol))

  1. hanja form? of 절 (“sever”)
    Synonym: 切 (절 (jeol))
    Synonym: 絶 (절 (jeol))

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

截: Hán Nôm readings: tiệt, sịt, tét, tĩu

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