佶

佶	U+4F76, 佶 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F76

Translingual edit

Han character edit

佶 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人土口 (OGR) or 難人土口 (XOGR), four-corner 2426₁, composition ⿰亻吉)

strong, robust
exact, correct

Derived characters edit

𩸔

References edit

Kangxi Dictionary: page 100, character 23
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 562
Dae Jaweon: page 213, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 144, character 1
Unihan data for U+4F76

Chinese edit

simp. and trad.		佶

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 佶

**Small seal script**
s05705

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jí (ji²)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gat¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jí
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jí
  - Wade–Giles: chi²
  - Yale: jí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyi
  - Palladius: цзи (czi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gat¹
  - Yale: gāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: ged¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐt̚⁵/

Middle Chinese: git

Rime
Character	佶
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	眞 (49)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	巨乙切
Baxter	git
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡᵚit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gjit̚/
Li Rong	/ɡjĕt̚/
Wang Li	/ɡĭĕt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gat⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ri[t]/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɡlid/, /*ɡrid/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	佶
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jí
Middle Chinese	‹ git ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ri[t]/
English	strong, healthy (horse)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] 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	佶	佶
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	5701	5704
Phonetic component	吉	吉
Rime group	質	質
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime		姞
Old Chinese	/*ɡlid/	/*ɡrid/