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Translingual
Han character
撤 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+11 in traditional Chinese (Taiwan), 手+12 in Chinese (mainland China, Hong Kong), Japanese and Korean, 14 strokes in traditional Chinese (Taiwan), 15 strokes in mainland China and Japanese and Korean, cangjie input 手卜月大 (QYBK) or 手大月大 (QKBK), four-corner 58040, composition ⿲扌育攵)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 455, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12726
- Dae Jaweon: page 804, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1962, character 3
- Unihan data for U+64A4
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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徹
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*tʰed
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撤
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*tʰed, *ded
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澈
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*ded
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轍
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*ded
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tʰed, *ded): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + abbreviated phonetic 徹 (OC *tʰed) – to remove by hand.
Etymology
Cognate with 徹 (OC *tʰed, “to remove”). See there for more.
Pronunciation
Note:
- tiêg4 - Chaozhou;
- tiag4 - Shantou.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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撤
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撤
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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chè
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chè
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Middle Chinese
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‹ drjet ›
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‹ trhjet ›
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Old Chinese
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/*m-tʰret/
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/*tʰret/
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English
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remove, take away
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remove, take away
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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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撤
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撤
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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No.
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1320
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1321
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Phonetic component
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徹
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徹
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Rime group
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月
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月
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Rime subdivision
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2
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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屮
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轍
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Old Chinese
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/*tʰed/
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/*ded/
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Notes
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徹轉註字
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Definitions
撤
- to take away; to remove; to clear away
- to withdraw; to retreat
- to lighten; to ease; to alleviate; to lessen; to relieve
Synonyms
- 免
- 免除 (miǎnchú)
- 刷 (colloquial)
- 削 (literary, or in compounds)
- 削除 (xuēchú)
- 去掉 (qùdiào)
- 去除 (qùchú)
- 報銷 / 报销 (bàoxiāo) (figurative, humorous)
- 屏除 (bǐngchú)
- 廓清 (kuòqīng)
- 打掉 (dǎdiào)
- 掃 / 扫
- 排解 (páijiě)
- 排除 (páichú)
- 掃除 / 扫除 (sǎochú) (figurative)
- 摒除 (bìngchú)
- 撤除 (chèchú)
- 消 (xiāo)
- 消弭 (xiāomǐ) (literary)
- 消解 (xiāojiě)
- 消釋 / 消释 (xiāoshì) (figurative)
- 消除 (xiāochú)
- 淘汰 (táotài)
- 清洗 (qīngxǐ) (figurative)
- 清除 (qīngchú)
- 破 (pò) (literary, or in compounds)
- 破壞 / 破坏 (pòhuài)
- 破除 (pòchú)
- 祛除 (qūchú)
- 罷 / 罢
- 翦落 (jiǎnluò) (literary)
- 肅清 / 肃清 (sùqīng)
- 蕩 / 荡 (dàng) (literary, or in compounds)
- 解釋 / 解释 (jiěshì) (archaic)
- 解除 (jiěchú)
- 鋤 / 锄 (chú)
- 鏟除 / 铲除 (chǎnchú)
- 除
- 除去 (chúqù)
- 除忒 (Hakka)
- 除掉 (chúdiào)
- 除開 / 除开 (chúkāi)
- 革除 (géchú)
- 驅散 / 驱散 (qūsàn)
- 驅走 / 驱走 (qūzǒu)
- 驅除 / 驱除 (qūchú)
- 削 (literary, or in compounds)
- 削減 / 削减 (xuējiǎn)
- 壓縮 / 压缩 (yāsuō)
- 損 / 损 (sǔn) (literary, or in compounds)
- 收縮 / 收缩 (shōusuō)
- 消減 / 消减 (xiāojiǎn)
- 減低 / 减低 (jiǎndī)
- 減削 / 减削 (jiǎnxuè)
- 減少 / 减少 (jiǎnshǎo)
- 減損 / 减损 (jiǎnsǔn)
- 減縮 / 减缩 (jiǎnsuō)
- 減輕 / 减轻 (jiǎnqīng)
- 省卻 / 省却 (shěngquè)
- 砍 (kǎn)
- 緊縮 / 紧缩 (jǐnsuō)
- 縮減 / 缩减 (suōjiǎn)
- 耗
- 裁 (cái)
- 裁汰 (cáitài) (literary)
- 裁減 / 裁减 (cáijiǎn)
- 鐫汰 / 镌汰 (juāntài) (literary)
- 降低 (jiàngdī)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
撤
(Jōyō kanji)
- withdraw
Readings
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 撤 (MC drjet).
Historical Readings
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Dongguk Jeongun Reading
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Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 |
뗘ᇙ〮 (Yale: ttyélq)
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Pronunciation
Hanja
Wikisource
撤 (eumhun 거둘 철 (geodul cheol))
- hanja form? of 철 (“to withdraw”)
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
撤: Hán Nôm readings: triệt, trẹt, trê, trệt, trịt
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