頡

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See also: 颉
頡 U+9821, 頡
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9821
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 頢 →

Translingual

Han character

頡 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+6, 15 strokes, cangjie input 土口一月金 (GRMBC), four-corner 41686, composition ⿰吉頁)

  1. fly upward, soar
  2. contest
  3. to rob

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1403, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43452
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1920, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4367, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+9821

Chinese

trad. 頡
simp. 颉

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (吉) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
秸 *kriːl, *kriːd
髻 *kiːds
夡 *kʰids
鴶 *kriːd
袺 *kriːd, *kiːd
頡 *kriːd, *ɡiːd
劼 *kʰriːd
硈 *kʰriːd
咭 *kʰriːd, *ɡlid, *qʰlid
黠 *ɡriːd
聐 *ŋreːd
趌 *ked, *klid, *kʰid, *ɡrid
結 *kiːd
拮 *kiːd, *klid
桔 *kiːd
狤 *kiːd, *klid, *ɡrid
擷 *qʰiːd, *ɡiːd
襭 *ɡiːd
翓 *ɡiːd
纈 *ɡiːd
吉 *klid
郆 *kid
詰 *kʰid
蛣 *kʰid
佶 *ɡlid, *ɡrid
鮚 *ɡrid
姞 *ɡrid
欯 *qʰlid
恄 *qʰlid

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kriːd, *ɡiːd): phonetic 吉 (OC *klid) + semantic 頁 (“head”).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Note: jié — used in 倉頡／仓颉 (Cāngjié) and derived terms.
Rime
Character 頡
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 屑 (87)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 胡結切
Baxter het
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦet̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦet̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣɛt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦɛt̚/
Li
Rong 		/ɣet̚/
Wang
Li 		/ɣiet̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ɣiet̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xié
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jit6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 頡
Reading # 2/2
No. 5687
Phonetic
component 		吉
Rime
group 		質
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		纈
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡiːd/

Definitions

頡

  1. to fly up
  2. to straighten the neck
  3. a surname

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 頡
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 鎋 (75)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 古黠切
Baxter keat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kˠɛt̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kᵚæt̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kæt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kəɨt̚/
Li
Rong 		/kɛt̚/
Wang
Li 		/kæt̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kat̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jia
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gaat3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 頡
Reading # 1/2
No. 5674
Phonetic
component 		吉
Rime
group 		質
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		戛
Old
Chinese 		/*kriːd/

Definitions

頡

  1. to embezzle; to rob
  2. used in 頡羹／颉羹

Compounds

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Definitions

頡

  1. alternative form of 桔, only used in 頡皋／颉皋

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

頡

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

頡 • (hil, gal) (hangeul 힐, 갈, revised hil, gal, McCune–Reischauer hil, kal, Yale hil, kal)

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Vietnamese

Han character

頡: Hán Nôm readings: gật, hiệt, hệt

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