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U+96BB, 隻
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96BB

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 172, +2, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人土水 (OGE) or 難人土水 (XOGE), four-corner 20407, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1364, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41941
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1867, character 26
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4090, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+96BB

Chinese

trad.
simp. *

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意会意) : (bird) + (hand).

To hold one bird is ; to hold two birds is .

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tjak ~ g-t(j)ik (one).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • chiah - vernacular;
  • chek/chiak - literary.
Note:
  • zha6 - vernacular;
  • zhr6 - literary.

    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location 隻 (一)
    Mandarin Beijing /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
    Harbin /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁴⁴/
    Tianjin /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹/
    Jinan /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹³/
    Qingdao /tʃz̩²¹³/
    Zhengzhou /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴/
    Xi'an /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹/
    Xining /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁴⁴/
    Yinchuan /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁴⁴/
    Lanzhou /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³¹/
    Ürümqi /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁴⁴/
    Wuhan /t͡sz̩⁵⁵/
    Chengdu /t͡sz̩⁵⁵/
    Guiyang /t͡sz̩⁵⁵/
    Kunming /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁴⁴/
    Nanjing /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³¹/
    Hefei /ʈ͡ʂəʔ⁵/
    Jin Taiyuan /t͡səʔ²/
    Pingyao /ʈ͡ʂʌʔ¹³/
    Hohhot /t͡səʔ⁴³/
    Wu Shanghai /t͡saʔ⁵/
    Suzhou /t͡sɑʔ⁵/
    Hangzhou /t͡səʔ⁵/
    Wenzhou /t͡sei²¹³/
    Hui Shexian /t͡ɕiʔ²¹/
    Tunxi /t͡ɕi⁵/
    Xiang Changsha /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²⁴/
    /ʈ͡ʂa²⁴/
    Xiangtan /ʈ͡ʂo²⁴/
    Gan Nanchang /t͡sɑʔ⁵/
    Hakka Meixian /t͡sak̚¹/
    Taoyuan /tʃɑk̚²²/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sɛk̚³/
    Nanning /t͡sɛk̚³³/
    /t͡sek̚³³/
    Hong Kong /t͡sɛk̚³/
    Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /t͡sik̚³²/
    /t͡siaʔ³²/
    Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /t͡siɛʔ²³/
    Jian'ou (Northern Min) /t͡si²¹/
    /t͡sia²⁴/
    Shantou (Teochew) /t͡siaʔ²/
    Haikou (Hainanese) /t͡siak̚⁵/

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (23)
    Final () (123)
    Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () III
    Fanqie
    Baxter tsyek
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /t͡ɕiᴇk̚/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /t͡ɕiɛk̚/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /t͡ɕiæk̚/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /ciajk̚/
    Li
    Rong
    /t͡ɕiɛk̚/
    Wang
    Li
    /t͡ɕĭɛk̚/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /t͡ɕi̯ɛk̚/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    zhi
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    zik1
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    zhī
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ tsyek ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*tek/
    English single

    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
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 17243
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*tjaːɡ/
    This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!
    Particularly: “Dungan”

    Definitions

    1. one bird
    2. single
      字不提字不提  ―  zhīzìbùtí  ―  to not say a single word
    3. (mathematics) odd
    4. alone
    5. unique
    6. Classifier for one of a pair.all nouns using this classifier
      Antonyms: (shuāng) (pair), (duì) (pair), () (pair/set)
      alt. forms: (zhī)
        ―  zhī xié, yī shuāng xié  ―  a shoe, a pair of shoes
    7. Classifier for birds and certain animals (especially limbed or small, grabbable by hand).
      Coordinate terms: (tóu) (for large animals), (tiáo) (for long/thin animals)
        ―  zhī māo  ―  a cat
      [Cantonese]  ―  loeng5 zek3 zyu1   ―  two pigs
    8. Classifier for symmetrical body parts, limbs, hands, feet.
      昆蟲昆虫  ―  Kūnchóng yǒu liù zhī jiǎo.  ―  Insects have six legs.
      手指手指  ―  shí zhī shǒuzhǐ  ―  ten fingers
        ―  zhī zhuō jiǎo  ―  four table feet
    9. Classifier for certain vessels, containers, utensils and objects worn on or grabbable by hand.
      alt. forms: (zhī)
      戒指戒指  ―  zhī jièzhǐ  ―  one ring
      手錶手表  ―  zhī shǒubiǎo  ―  one wristwatch
      皮箱皮箱  ―  zhī píxiāng  ―  one leather suitcase
      花瓶花瓶  ―  liǎng zhī huāpíng  ―  two flower vases
      氣球气球  ―  zhī qìqiú  ―  one air balloon
    10. Classifier for boats.
      alt. forms: (zhī)
        ―  zhī chuán  ―  four boats
    11. Classifier for songs.
    12. (dialectal, humorous or derogatory) Classifier for people.
    13. (Cantonese) Classifier for kinds or varieties.
      雪糕 [Cantonese, trad.]
      雪糕 [Cantonese, simp.]
      ni1 zek3 syut3 gou1 taai3 tim4 laa3.
      This sort of ice cream is too sweet.
    14. (Cantonese, slang) Classifier for months of prison sentence.
    Synonyms

    Compounds

    Etymology 2

    For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to catch; to obtain; to get; to receive; to win; etc.”).
    (This character is a variant form of ).

    Etymology 3

    For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“two; double; twin; even; etc.”).
    (This character is a variant form of ).

    References

    Japanese

    Kanji

    (Jōyō kanji)

    Readings

    • Go-on: しゃく (shaku)
    • Kan-on: せき (seki, Jōyō)
    • Kun: ひとつ (hitotsu, 隻つ)

    Counter

    (せき) (-seki

    1. boats or ships
      (いっ)(せき)
      isseki
      one ship
    2. one of two, one of a pair
    3. birds, fish, or arrows

    Korean

    Hanja

    (cheok) (hangeul , McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏk, Yale chek)

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    : Hán Nôm readings: chiếc, chếch, chệch, chích, xếch, xệch, chỉ

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