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U+4ECB, 介
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4ECB

[U+4ECA]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4ECC]

Translingual

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Stroke order
 
Stroke order
 

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 9, +2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 人中中 (OLL), four-corner 80220, composition 丿)

Derived characters

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Descendants

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 91, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 359
  • Dae Jaweon: page 194, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 103, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+4ECB

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Qin slip script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
           


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).

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): (“person”) + two marks encompassing, indicating "in between". Folk etymology interprets the two marks as two components of an armor.

Etymology 1

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"to assist"
Developed from (OC *kreːds, “armored men”), from (OC *kreːds, “armor”), ultimately from (OC *kreːds, “scale (of animals)”). (Schuessler, 2007)

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • 5ka, 1ka - colloquial;
  • 5cia - literary.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /t͡ɕiɛ⁵¹/
Harbin /t͡ɕiɛ⁵³/
Tianjin /t͡ɕie⁵³/
Jinan /t͡ɕiɛ²¹/
Qingdao /t͡ɕiɛ⁴²/
Zhengzhou /t͡ɕiɛ³¹²/
Xi'an /t͡ɕiɛ⁴⁴/
Xining /t͡ɕi²¹³/
Yinchuan /t͡ɕie¹³/
Lanzhou /t͡ɕiə¹³/
/kɛ¹³/
Ürümqi /t͡ɕiɤ²¹³/
Wuhan /kai³⁵/
Chengdu /kai¹³/
/t͡ɕiai¹³/
Guiyang /kai²¹³/
/t͡ɕie²¹³/
Kunming /kæ²¹²/
Nanjing /t͡ɕiɛ⁴⁴/
Hefei /t͡ɕie̞⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡ɕie⁴⁵/
Pingyao /t͡ɕie̞³⁵/
Hohhot /t͡ɕie⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /ka³⁵/
/t͡ɕia³⁵/
Suzhou /t͡ɕiɑ⁵¹³/
Hangzhou /t͡ɕie̞⁴⁴⁵/
Wenzhou /ka⁴²/
Hui Shexian /t͡ɕia³²⁴/
/ka³²⁴/
Tunxi /ka⁴²/
Xiang Changsha /kai⁵⁵/
Xiangtan /kai⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /kai⁴⁵/
Hakka Meixian /kiai⁵³/
Taoyuan /ke⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /kai³³/
Nanning /kai³³/
Hong Kong /kai³³/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /kai²¹/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /kɑi²¹²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /kai³³/
Shantou (Teochew) /kai²¹³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /kai³⁵/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (33)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter keajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠɛiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚæiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɐiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kəɨjH/
Li
Rong
/kɛiH/
Wang
Li
/kɐiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kăiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiè
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gaai3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jiè
Middle
Chinese
‹ kɛjH ›
Old
Chinese
/*kˁr[e]p-s/
English armour; scale of animals

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 6525
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kreːds/

Definitions

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  1. to lie between
  2. to relate two things; to connect; to link; to introduce
  3. to assist; to help
  4. to hang; to suspend
  5. to rely on; to depend on
  6. firm; persistent; unswerving
  7. such; like this; this kind of
  8. Original form of (jiè, “boundary; role; duty”).
  9. iota; tiny bit. Alternative form of
  10. Classifier for people or copper coins.
  11. seashell; shell
  12. to wear armour
  13. (Eastern Min) again; re-
  14. (Taiwan) zepto- (SI unit prefix)
    Synonym: (Mainland)

Compounds

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Descendants

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  • Proto-Tai: *klecꟲ

See also

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SI prefix
Last Next
/ /

Synonyms

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References

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Etymology 2

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alternative forms

From , attested since the Song Dynasty.

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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(Wu)

  1. used to indicate a great degree
    [Ningbonese]  ―  5ka 6du [Wugniu]  ―  so big
  2. an adverbialiser; in the manner of
    搿能 [Shanghainese]  ―  8geq-nen-ka [Wugniu]  ―  in this way
    一能 [Shanghainese]  ―  6zhian 6yi 7iq-nen-ka [Wugniu]  ―  in the manner of him

Synonyms

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Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. (Hong Kong) Informal shorthand for (gai1).

Etymology 4

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Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. (Hakka) Alternative form of  / ((particle; classifier))

Japanese

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Kanji

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(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

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  • Go-on: (ke)
  • Kan-on: かい (kai, Jōyō)
  • Kun: たすける (tasukeru, 介ける)すけ (suke, )
  • Nanori: あき (aki)ゆき (yuki)

Compounds

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Etymology

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Kanji in this term
かい
Grade: S
kan'on

From Middle Chinese (MC keajH).

Pronunciation

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Affix

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(かい) (kai

  1. to be between, mediate
  2. assist; help
  3. shell, shellfish
  4. armor

Korean

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Hanja

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(eum (gae))

  1. forerunner, herald, harbinger
  2. to lie between
  3. sea shell
  4. to wear armor

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: giới

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