截

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 隹 + phonetic 𢦔

Han character

截 (radical 62 戈+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 十戈人土 (JIOG), four-corner 4325₀)

1. cut off, stop, obstruct, intersect

References

• KangXi: page 413, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11639
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1409, character 9
• Unihan data for U+622A

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Cantonese

Hanzi

截 (Yale jit6)

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Japanese

Kanji

截 (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• On: せつ (setsu)
• Kun: たつ (tatsu), きる (kiru)

Compounds

• 直截 (ちょくせつ, chokusetsu)

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Korean

Hanja

截 (hangeul 절, revised jeol, McCune-Reischauer chŏl, Yale cel)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

截 (pinyin jié (jie2), Wade-Giles chieh²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

截 (tiệt, sịt, tét, tĩu)