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Translingual
Han character
摯 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 土戈手 (GIQ), four-corner 44502, composition ⿱執手)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 451, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12632
- Dae Jaweon: page 801, character 28
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1939, character 10
- Unihan data for U+646F
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 騺
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*tibs
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| 摯
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*tjibs
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| 贄
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*tjibs
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| 鷙
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*tjibs
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| 墊
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*tiːms, *diːb
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| 慹
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*tjeb, *ndiːb, *sdib, *tjib
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| 謺
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*tjeb
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| 褺
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*diːb
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| 蓻
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*stib
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| 縶
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*tib
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| 漐
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*tʰib
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| 蟄
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*dib
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| 執
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*tjib
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| 瓡
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*tjib
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjibs) : phonetic 執 (OC *tjib) + semantic 手 (“hand”).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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摯
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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zhì
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ tsyijH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ip-s/
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| English
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seize
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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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摯
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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17276
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Phonetic
component
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執
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Rime
group
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位
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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至
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Old
Chinese
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/*tjibs/
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Definitions
摯
- sincere; earnest
- Emperor Zhi, legendary ruler of ancient China
- a surname
- Zhi, a state of Shang-era China, connected with the Ren clan
摯仲氏任、自彼殷商、來嫁于周、曰嬪于京。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
挚仲氏任、自彼殷商、来嫁于周、曰嫔于京。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Zhì Zhòngshì rèn, zì bǐ Yīnshāng, lái jià yú Zhōu, yuē pín yú jīng.
- The princess of the Ren clan's Zhong lineage from Zhi, from Yin-shang, came to be married to the prince of Zhou, and became his wife in his capital.
- Alternative form of 鷙／鸷 (zhì, “fierce, ferocious”)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
摯
(Jōyō kanji)
- sincere; seriousness
- to hold in the hand
- Synonym: 執
- gift (present typically carried by the visitor for ceremonious occasions)
- Synonym: 贄
- to reach; to be full of
- Synonym: 至
- Alternative spelling of 鷙: bird of prey
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
摯 • (ji) (hangeul 지, revised ji, McCune–Reischauer chi, Yale ci)
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Vietnamese
Han character
摯: Hán Nôm readings: chí
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