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Translingual
Han character
脂 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月心日 (BPA), four-corner 71261, composition ⿰月旨(GJK) or ⿰⺼旨(HT))
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 981, character 24
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29463
- Dae Jaweon: page 1434, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2069, character 6
- Unihan data for U+8102
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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稽
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*kiː, *kʰiːʔ
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詣
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*ŋɡiːs
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栺
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*ŋɡiːs, *kji
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榰
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*klje
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脂
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*kji
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鴲
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*kji, *kjis
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指
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*kjiʔ
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旨
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*kjiʔ
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恉
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*kjiʔ
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嗜
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*ɡjis
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蓍
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*qʰlji
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鰭
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*ɡri
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耆
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*ɡri
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鮨
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*ɡri
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鬐
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*ɡri
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *kji) : semantic 月 (“meat”) + phonetic 旨 (OC *kjiʔ).
Etymology
It is thought to descend from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsil (“fat, grease”), although the initial does not match the one of the Old Chinese reconstruction (Matisoff, STEDT; Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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脂
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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zhī
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Middle Chinese
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‹ tsyij ›
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Old Chinese
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/*kij/
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English
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fat, grease
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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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脂
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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17322
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Phonetic component
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旨
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Rime group
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脂
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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脂
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Old Chinese
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/*kji/
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Definitions
脂
- fat; grease; lard
- Short for 胭脂 (yānzhi, “rouge”).
- 脂粉 ― zhīfěn ― rouge and powder
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
脂
(Jōyō kanji)
- fat
Readings
Compounds
Etymology 1
For pronunciation and definitions of 脂 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 脂, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 脂 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 脂, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Korean
Hanja
脂 • (ji) (hangeul 지, revised ji, McCune–Reischauer chi, Yale ci)
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Vietnamese
Han character
脂: Hán Nôm readings: chi, chỉ, mạnh
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