節氣

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See also: 節気 and 节气

Chinese

festival; section; segment
festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate
 
gas; air; smell
gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged
 
trad. (節氣)
simp. (节气)
anagram 氣節气节

Pronunciation


Note:
  • choeh-khùi/cheh-khì/cheh-khùi - vernacular;
  • chiat-khì - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (13) (29)
Final () (87) (20)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV III
Fanqie
Baxter tset khj+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡set̚/ /kʰɨiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡set̚/ /kʰɨiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sɛt̚/ /kʰiəiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sɛt̚/ /kʰɨjH/
Li
Rong
/t͡set̚/ /kʰiəiH/
Wang
Li
/t͡siet̚/ /kʰĭəiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/t͡siet̚/ /kʰe̯iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jie
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zit3 hei3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jié
Middle
Chinese
‹ tset › ‹ khjɨjH ›
Old
Chinese
/*tsˁik/ /*C.qʰəp-s/
English joint cloudy vapors

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
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 5713 10140
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ʔsiːɡ/ /*kʰɯds/

Noun

節氣

  1. solar term in the Chinese lunar calendar
  2. (literary) season and climate
    Synonym: 氣節 / 气节 (qìjié)
  3. (literary) integrity; moral principles
    Synonyms: 節操 / 节操 (jiécāo), 氣節 / 气节 (qìjié)

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (節氣):

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
せつ > せっ
Grade: 4

Jinmeiyō
on'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 節氣 – see the following entry.
節気せっき
the solar term in Chinese lunar calendar
(This term, 節氣, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

節氣 (jeolgi) (hangeul 절기)

  1. hanja form? of 절기 (solar term in the Chinese lunar calendar)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

節氣

  1. chữ Hán form of tiết khí (solar term in the Chinese lunar calendar).

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