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Translingual
Stroke order
Han character
街 (Kangxi radical 144, 行 +6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹人土土弓 (HOGGN ), four-corner 21104 , composition ⿴行 圭 or ⿲彳 圭 亍 )
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 1109 , character 17
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34051
Dae Jaweon: page 1573, character 18
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 831, character 16
Unihan data for U+8857
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
街
*kreː, *kreː
鞋
*ɡreː, *ɡreː, *ɡreː
娾
*ŋreː, *ŋreːʔ
佳
*kreː
鮭
*ɡreː, *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
涯
*ŋreː, *ŋre
崖
*ŋreː, *ŋre
啀
*ŋreː
厓
*ŋreː
捱
*ŋreː
睚
*ŋreːs
娃
*qreː
洼
*qreː, *qʷraː, *kʷeː
哇
*qreː, *qʷraː
胿
*ɡeː, *kʷeː
溎
*qeːns
觟
*ɡʷraːʔ
黊
*ɡʷraːʔ, *ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː
蘳
*ɡʷraːʔ, *qʰʷe
蛙
*qʷraː, *qʷreː
窪
*qʷraː
卦
*kʷreːs
挂
*kʷreːs
掛
*kʷreːs
詿
*kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs
罣
*kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs
絓
*kʰʷreː, *ɡʷreːs
鼃
*ɢʷreː, *qʷreː
圭
*kʷeː
珪
*kʷeː
邽
*kʷeː
閨
*kʷeː
袿
*kʷeː
窐
*kʷeː, *ɡʷeː
茥
*kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
桂
*kʷeːs
筀
*kʷeːs
奎
*kʰʷeː
刲
*kʰʷeː
蝰
*kʰʷeː
楏
*kʰʷeː
睳
*qʰʷeː
畦
*ɡʷeː
眭
*ɡʷeː, *sqʰʷe, *qʰʷe, *qʰʷi
烓
*qʷeː, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
跬
*kʰʷeʔ
恚
*qʷes
硅
*qʰʷreɡ
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 , OC *kreː, *kreː ) : semantic 行 + phonetic 圭 ( OC *kʷeː) .
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r/g-wa ( “ village ” ) (STEDT); see 里 (OC *rɯʔ , “village”) for more.
Pronunciation
Mandarin
(Standard )
(Pinyin ) : jiē (jie1 )
(Zhuyin ) : ㄐㄧㄝ
(Chengdu , Sichuanese Pinyin ) : gai1
(Dungan , Cyrillic and Wiktionary ) : гэ (ge, I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou –Hong Kong , Jyutping ) : gaai1
(Taishan , Wiktionary ) : gai4
Gan (Wiktionary ) : gai1
Hakka
(Sixian , PFS ) : kiê / kiâi
(Meixian , Guangdong ) : gê1
Jin (Wiktionary ) : jie1
Northern Min (KCR ) : gái
Eastern Min (BUC ) : gă̤
Southern Min
(Hokkien , POJ ) : koe / ke / kere / kai
(Teochew , Peng'im ) : goi1
Wu (Shanghai , Wugniu ) : 1 ka
Xiang (Changsha , Wiktionary ) : gai1
Mandarin
Cantonese
Gan
Hakka
Jin
Northern Min
Eastern Min
Southern Min
(Hokkien : Xiamen , Quanzhou , Jinjiang , Nan'an , Hui'an , Yongchun , Changtai , Taipei , Lukang , Kinmen , Magong , Hsinchu , Singapore , Klang )
Pe̍h-ōe-jī : koe
Tâi-lô : kue
Phofsit Daibuun : koef
IPA (Quanzhou , Jinjiang , Nan'an , Hui'an , Lukang , Klang ) : /kue³³/
IPA (Xiamen , Yongchun , Changtai , Taipei , Kinmen , Singapore ) : /kue⁴⁴/
(Hokkien : Zhangzhou , Zhangpu , Kaohsiung , Tainan , Taichung , Yilan , Penang )
(Hokkien : Sanxia )
(Hokkien : Xiamen , Quanzhou , Zhangzhou , Hui'an , Yongchun )
Note :
koe/ke/kere - vernacular;
kai - literary.
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
街
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
jiē
Middle Chinese
‹ kɛ ›
Old Chinese
/*ˁre/
English
road-crossing
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
街
街
Reading #
1/2
2/2
No.
4527
4532
Phonetic component
圭
圭
Rime group
支
支
Rime subdivision
0
0
Corresponding MC rime
皆
佳
Old Chinese
/*kreː/
/*kreː/
Notes
本 音 佳
Definitions
街
( countable ) street (Classifier : 條 / 条 m c )
街 景 ― jiē jǐng ― street scene
地下街 ― dìxiàjiē ― underground street
行 落 兩 條 街 大把 嘢 食 。 [Cantonese , trad. ] 行 落 两 条 街 大把 嘢 食 。 [Cantonese , simp. ] haang4 lok6 loeng5 tiu4 gaai1 daai6 baa2 je5 sik6 . If you walk two blocks down the street, there will be a lot to eat.
market ; fair
Short for 街道 (jiēdào , “subdistrict ”).
新港 街 ― Xīngǎng Jiē ― Xingang Subdistrict
( Hong Kong Cantonese , figuratively ) distance ; margin (Classifier : 條 / 条 c )
贏 九 條 街 / 赢 九 条 街 [Cantonese ] ― jeng4 gau2 tiu4 gaai1 ― to win by a large margin (literally, “to win with a distance of nine street blocks”)
( Hong Kong Cantonese ) outside ; the public
街 外人 [Cantonese ] ― gaai1 ngoi6 jan4 ― outsider
街 症 [Cantonese ] ― gaai1 zing3 ― outpatient clinic
a surname
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
街 (“street”)
Variety
Location
Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
街 , 街道
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
街
Taiwan
街
Malaysia
街
Jilu Mandarin
Jinan
街
Central Plains Mandarin
Xi'an
街 , 街道
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
街 , 街道
Wuhan
街 , 街道
Guilin
街
Jianghuai Mandarin
Yangzhou
街
Hefei
街
Cantonese
Guangzhou
街
Hong Kong
街
Macau
街
Yangjiang
街 , 街巷
Gan
Nanchang
街
Hakka
Meixian
街 , 街路
Kuching (Hepo)
街
Jin
Taiyuan
街
Northern Min
Jian'ou
街墿
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
街
Southern Min
Xiamen
街路
Quanzhou
街路
Zhangzhou
街路
Tainan
街路 , 街仔路 , 街仔
Manila (Hokkien)
街路
Chaozhou
街路
Shantou
街路
Jieyang
街路
Wu
Shanghai
街 , 街路
Suzhou
街
Wenzhou
街路 , 街
Xiang
Changsha
街
Shuangfeng
街
Compounds
Descendants
References
Japanese
Kanji
街
(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji )
main street or boulevard
Readings
Pronunciation
Noun
街( まち ) • (machi )
Alternative spelling of 町
Derived terms
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 街 (MC kea| keaj ). Recorded as Middle Korean 개 ( kay ) (Yale : kay ) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회 ), 1527.
Pronunciation
( street; road ) :
( in 街道 and 街頭 ) : (SK Standard /Seoul ) IPA (key ) : Phonetic hangul: Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Hanja
Wikisource
街 (eumhun 거리 가 ( geori ga ) )
hanja form? of 가 ( “ street ; road ” )
Compounds
Compounds
가로 (街路 , garo )
상가 (商街 , sangga )
가도 (街道 , gado )
가설 (街說 , gaseol )
가각 (街角 , gagak )
가두 (街頭 , gadu )
시가 (市街 , siga )
가판 (街販 , gapan )
가상 (街上 , gasang )
가곽 (街廓 , gagwak )
가업 (街業 , ga'eop )
사가 (四街 , saga )
가촌 (街村 , gachon )
가항 (街巷 , gahang )
가등 (街燈 , gadeung )
사가 (死街 , saga )
어가 (御街 , eoga )
항가 (港街 , hangga )
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
街 : Hán Nôm readings: nhai
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