櫛

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See also: 栉
櫛 U+6ADB, 櫛
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6ADB
← 櫚
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 櫜 →

櫛 U+2F8ED, 櫛
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8ED
← 𣚣
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 㰘 →

Translingual

Han character

櫛 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+15, 19 strokes, cangjie input 木竹日中 (DHAL), four-corner 48927, composition ⿰木節)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 560, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15817
  • Dae Jaweon: page 949, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1302, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+6ADB

Chinese

trad. 櫛
simp. 栉

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (即) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
卪 *ʔsiːɡ
癤 *ʔsiːɡ
幯 *ʔsiːɡ
節 *ʔsiːɡ
蝍 *ʔsiːɡ, *ʔsiɡ, *ʔsɯɡ
蠞 *ziːɡ
堲 *ʔsiɡ, *ʔsɯɡ, *zɯɡ
唧 *ʔsiɡ, *ʔsɯɡ
楖 *ʔsiɡ, *ʔsriɡ, *ʔsɯɡ
揤 *ziɡ, *ʔsɯɡ
櫛 *ʔsriɡ
瀄 *ʔsriɡ
擳 *ʔsriɡ
即 *ʔsɯɡ
鯽 *ʔsɯɡ, *ʔseɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsriɡ) : semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 節 (OC *ʔsiːɡ).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • chit - literary;
  • sat - vernacular.
    Rime
    Character 櫛
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 莊 (18)
    Final (韻) 櫛 (51)
    Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 阻瑟切
    Baxter tsrit
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/t͡ʃɪt̚/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ʈ͡ʂɪt̚/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/t͡ʃiet̚/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/ʈ͡ʂit̚/
    Li
    Rong         		/t͡ʃiĕt̚/
    Wang
    Li         		/t͡ʃĭet̚/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/ʈ͡ʂi̯æt̚/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		zhe
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		zat1
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 櫛
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 5721
    Phonetic
    component         		即
    Rime
    group         		質
    Rime
    subdivision         		2
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		櫛
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ʔsriɡ/

    Definitions

    櫛

    1. comb
    2. to comb out
    3. to weed out; to eliminate

    Compounds

    Japanese

    Shinjitai
    (extended)         		Shinjitai
    (extended)
    櫛󠄁
    櫛+󠄁?
    (Adobe-Japan1)
    櫛󠄃
    櫛+󠄃?
    (Hanyo-Denshi)
    (Moji_Joho)
    Kyūjitai 櫛
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    Kanji

    櫛

    (Jinmeiyō kanji)

    Readings

    • Go-on: しち (shichi)
    • Kan-on: しつ (shitsu)
    • Kun: くし (kushi, 櫛)、くしけずる (kushikezuru, 櫛る)

    Compounds

    Compounds
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    Kanji in this term
    櫛
    くし
    Jinmeiyō
    kun'yomi

    Etymology

    Cognate with 串 (kushi, “skewer”).[1]

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    櫛(くし) • (kushi) 

    1. comb

    Derived terms

    References

    1. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
    2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    3. ^ 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

    櫛 (eum 즐 (jeul))

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    櫛: Hán Nôm readings: trất

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