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Translingual
Han character
誡 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜口戈廿 (YRIT), four-corner 03650, composition ⿰訁戒)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1163, character 13
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35538
- Dae Jaweon: page 1628, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3973, character 2
- Unihan data for U+8AA1
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 祴
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*kɯː
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| 駴
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*ɡrɯːʔ
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| 戒
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*krɯːɡs
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| 誡
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*krɯːɡs
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| 悈
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*krɯːɡs, *kɯɡ
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| 械
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*ɡrɯːɡs
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| 裓
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*kɯːɡ
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Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *krɯːɡs) : semantic 言 (“speech”) + phonetic 戒 (OC *krɯːɡs, “guard against”).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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誡
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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jiè
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ keajH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*kˁrək-s/
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| English
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warn
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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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誡
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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6545
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Phonetic
component
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戒
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Rime
group
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代
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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誡
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Old
Chinese
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/*krɯːɡs/
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Definitions
誡
- to warn; to admonish; to caution
- to take precautions; to guard against
- (religion) commandments; precepts; tenets
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
誡
(Hyōgai kanji)
- admonish
- warn
- prohibit
Readings
Korean
Hanja
誡 • (gye) (hangeul 계, revised gye, McCune–Reischauer kye, Yale kyey)
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Vietnamese
Han character
誡: Hán Việt readings: giới[1]
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References