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See also:
U+8D04, 贄
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8D04

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 154, +11, 18 strokes, cangjie input 土戈月山金 (GIBUC), four-corner 45806, composition )

  1. gift (presented to a senior at one’s first visit)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1211, character 46
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36907
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1678, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3656, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+8D04

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *tjibs) : phonetic (OC *tjib) + semantic (valuable)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (23)
Final () (15)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter tsyijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕiɪH/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕjɪH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ciH/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕiH/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zi3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 17277
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tjibs/

Definitions

  1. gift (present typically carried by the visitor for ceremonious occasions)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

  • On (unclassified): (shi)
  • Kun: にえ (nie, )にへ (nife, , historical)

Compounds

Names

Etymology

Kanji in this term
にえ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings

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Noun

(にえ) (nieにへ (nife)?

  1. an offering to the gods
  2. a gift
  3. a sacrifice

Korean

Hanja

(ji) (hangeul , revised ji, McCune–Reischauer chi, Yale ci)

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: chí

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