Wiktionary

竊

See also: 窃
竊 U+7ACA, 竊
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7ACA
← 竉
[U+7AC9] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 立 →
[U+7ACB]

Translingual edit

Japanese 窃
Simplified 窃
Traditional 竊

Han character edit

竊 (Kangxi radical 116, 穴+17, 22 strokes, cangjie input 十金竹木月 (JCHDB), four-corner 30927, composition ⿱穴⿰釆⿳⺊𠔿禸)

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 870, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25713
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1299, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2747, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+7ACA

Chinese edit

trad. 竊
simp. 窃
alternative forms
 
𫞺
𫁝 historical variant
𥨱 historical variant
𥨵 corrupted form
𢿝 ancient form
𫞺
𫁝 historical variant
𥨱 historical variant
𥨵 corrupted form
𢿝 ancient form
𥩓

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 竊
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
 

The current form likely derives from a phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰleːd) : semantic 宀 + phonetic 䊪／𥸯 (OC *m·raːds, *m·rads, *m·raːd), as attested in the Western Han period. 宀 is later replaced with 穴, and 萬 corrupts into 廿 and 禼. Based on the corrupted form, Shuowen erroneously interprets this character as a phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰleːd) : semantic 穴 (“cave; hole”) + semantic 米 (“rice”) + phonetic 廿 (OC *zid) + phonetic 禼 (OC *sed). In the current form, 廿 is omitted and 米 is replaced with 釆.

Pronunciation edit

Note:
  • chhiat - literary;
  • chhiap - vernacular (俗).
Note:
  • ciab4 - Chaozhou;
  • ciag4 - Shantou.
    Rime
    Character 竊
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 清 (14)
    Final (韻) 先 (87)
    Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) IV
    Fanqie 千結切
    Baxter tshet
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/t͡sʰet̚/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/t͡sʰet̚/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/t͡sʰɛt̚/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/t͡sʰɛt̚/
    Li
    Rong         		/t͡sʰet̚/
    Wang
    Li         		/t͡sʰiet̚/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/t͡sʰiet̚/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		qie
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		cit3
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 竊
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		qiè
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ tshet ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*[tsʰ]ˁet/
    English steal

    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 竊
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 10472
    Phonetic
    component         		竊
    Rime
    group         		月
    Rime
    subdivision         		2
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese         		/*sʰleːd/

    Definitions edit

    竊

    1. to steal
    2. thief
    3. to acquire illegitimately; to usurp
    4. secretly; stealthily
    5. (literary, humble) personally
      竊以為……／窃以为……  ―  qiè yǐwèi......  ―  I personally think that...

    Synonyms edit

    • (to steal):
    Dialectal synonyms of 偷 (“to steal”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Classical Chinese 偷, 盜, 竊
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 偷, 偷竊, 偷盜, 盜竊, 竊取
    Mandarin Beijing 偷
    Taiwan 偷
    Singapore 偷
    Cantonese Guangzhou 偷, 鼠
    Hong Kong 偷, 撻, M, jam
    Taishan 偷
    Hakka Meixian 偷
    Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 撻
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 偷
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 偷
    Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 偷
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 偷
    Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 偷提
    Southern Min Xiamen 偷提
    Quanzhou 偷提
    Zhangzhou 偷提
    Penang (Hokkien) 偷提
    Shantou 偷

    Compounds edit

    References edit

    Japanese edit

    Shinjitai

    		窃

    Kyūjitai

    		竊

    Kanji edit

    竊

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 窃)

    1. to steal (“nusumu” reading)
    2. secret; hushed, quietly (“hisoka” reading)

    Readings edit

    Korean edit

    Etymology edit

    From Middle Chinese 竊 (MC tshet).

    Historical readings

    Pronunciation edit

    Hanja edit

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    竊 (eumhun 훔칠 절 (humchil jeol))

    1. Hanja form? of 절 (“to steal”).

    Compounds edit

    Compounds

    References edit

    • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

    Vietnamese edit

    Han character edit

    竊: Hán Nôm readings: thiết

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