踵

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踵 U+8E35, 踵
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8E35
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Translingual

Han character

踵 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 口一竹十土 (RMHJG), four-corner 62114, composition ⿰𧾷重)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1229, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37686
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1701, character 25
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3723, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+8E35

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 踵
2nd round simp. ⿰𧾷中
alternative forms 㣫
歱
徸
𣦟

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 踵
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (重) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
撞 *rdoːŋ, *rdoːŋs
幢 *rdoːŋ, *rdoːŋs
橦 *rdoːŋ, *doːŋ, *tjoŋ
噇 *rdoːŋ
𩪘 *rdoːŋ
艟 *rdoːŋs, *tʰjoŋ
憧 *rdoːŋs, *tʰjoŋ
畽 *tʰoːnʔ, *tʰuːnʔ
董 *toːŋʔ
蕫 *toːŋʔ, *doːŋ
箽 *toːŋʔ
懂 *toːŋʔ
湩 *toːŋs, *tuːŋʔ, *toŋs
曈 *tʰoːŋ, *tʰoːŋʔ, *doːŋ
童 *doːŋ
僮 *doːŋ
瞳 *doːŋ
罿 *doːŋ, *tʰjoŋ
犝 *doːŋ
潼 *doːŋ, *tʰjoŋ
穜 *doːŋ, *doŋ
動 *doːŋʔ
慟 *doːŋs
堹 *toŋs
諥 *toŋs
蹱 *tʰoŋ, *tʰoŋs, *tjoŋ
重 *doŋ, *doŋʔ, *doŋs
緟 *doŋ, *doŋs
蝩 *doŋ
褈 *doŋ, *tʰjoŋ
鐘 *tjoŋ, *tjoŋ
鍾 *tjoŋ
籦 *tjoŋ
種 *tjoŋʔ, *tjoŋs
腫 *tjoŋʔ
踵 *tjoŋʔ
歱 *tjoŋʔ
喠 *tjoŋʔ, *tʰjoŋʔ
偅 *tjoŋs
衝 *tʰjoŋ
揰 *tʰjoŋs
尰 *djoŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjoŋʔ) : semantic 足 (“foot”) + phonetic 重 (OC *doŋ, *doŋʔ, *doŋs).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • chióng - literary;
  • chéng - vernacular.
Rime
Character 踵
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 章 (23)
Final (韻) 鍾 (7)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 之隴切
Baxter tsyowngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡ɕɨoŋX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡ɕioŋX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡ɕioŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/cuawŋX/
Li
Rong 		/t͡ɕioŋX/
Wang
Li 		/t͡ɕĭwoŋX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/t͡ɕi̯woŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zhǒng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zung2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 踵
Reading # 1/1
No. 17473
Phonetic
component 		重
Rime
group 		東
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		腫
Old
Chinese 		/*tjoŋʔ/

Definitions

踵

  1. heel
  2. to follow
  3. to visit; to call on

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

踵

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: しゅ (shu)
  • Kan-on: しょう (shō)
  • Kun: かかと (kakato, 踵)、くびす (kubisu, 踵)、きびす (kibisu, 踵)、つぐ (tsugu, 踵ぐ)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

踵(かかと) • (kakato) 

  1. heel
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

踵(くびいす) • (kubiisu) ←くびひす (kubifisu)?

  1. the bottom of the foot; the heel
    • 794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki, page 127:
      足跟 ゝ各痕反 下久比ゝ須
      Heel. 跟 is all pronounced kon. The bottom should be pronounced kubipisu.

Etymology 3

kubiisu → kubisu.

Pronunciation

Noun

踵(くびす) • (kubisu) 

  1. heel

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 踵 – see the following entry.
【あくと】
踵: (predominantly Tōhoku) heel
(This term, 踵, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

Kikai

Kanji

踵

(Hyōgai kanji)

Noun

踵(あどぅ) (adu) 

  1. heel

Korean

Hanja

踵 (eumhun 발꿈치 종 (balkkumchi jong))

  1. hanja form? of 종 (“heel”)

Okinawan

Kanji

踵

(Hyōgai kanji)

Noun

踵(あどぅ) (adu) 

  1. heel

Vietnamese

Han character

踵: Hán Việt readings: chủng

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