揖

揖 U+63D6, 揖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63D6 ← 揕 [U+63D5] CJK Unified Ideographs 揗 → [U+63D7]

Translingual

Han character

揖 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 手口尸十 (QRSJ), four-corner 5604₁, composition ⿰扌咠)

1. salute, bow
2. defer to, yield

References

• KangXi: page 442, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12351
• Dae Jaweon: page 793, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1916, character 1
• Unihan data for U+63D6

Chinese

trad.		揖
simp. #		揖

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (咠) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
楫	*ʔseb
檝	*ʔseb, *zib
湒	*ʔsib
咠	*ʔsib, *sʰib
葺	*ʔsib, *sʰib, *zib
緝	*sʰib
諿	*sʰib
輯	*zib
箿	*zib
蕺	*ʔsrib
戢	*ʔsrib
濈	*ʔsrib
霵	*ʔsrib, *zrib
揖	*qib

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yī (yi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jap¹
• Min Bei (KCR): ĭ
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): ip

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ib⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yī
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yi
    • Wade–Giles: i¹
    • Yale: yī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: i
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jap¹
    • Yale: yāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeb¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐp̚⁵/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ip
    • Tâi-lô: ip
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ib
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ip̚⁵/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ip̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ib⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ip
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ip̚²/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 揖
Mandarin	Beijing	/i³⁵/
	Harbin	/i⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/i²¹/
	Jinan	/i²¹³/
	Qingdao	/i⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/i²⁴/
	Xi'an	/i²¹/
	Xining	/ji⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/i¹³/
	Lanzhou	/i¹³/
	Ürümqi	/i²¹³/
	Wuhan	/i²¹³/
	Chengdu	/i³¹/
	Guiyang	/i²¹/
	Kunming	/i³¹/
	Nanjing	/iʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/iəʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/iəʔ²/
	Pingyao	/iʌʔ¹³/
	Hohhot	/i³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/iɪʔ⁵/
	Suzhou	/iəʔ⁵/
	Hangzhou	/ʔiəʔ⁵/
	Wenzhou	/j̠ai²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/iʔ²¹/
	Tunxi	/i⁵/
Xiang	Changsha	/i²⁴/
	Xiangtan	/i²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/iʔ⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/ia⁵/
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/jɐp̚⁵/
	Nanning	/jɐp̚⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/jɐp̚⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/ip̚³²/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/ɛiʔ²³/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/i²⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/ip̚²/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/ip̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jip

Rime
Character	揖
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	侵 (141)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	伊入切
Baxter	'jip
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔiɪp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔip̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔjep̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔip̚/
Li Rong	/ʔiəp̚/
Wang Li	/ĭĕp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯əp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jap1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qip/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qib/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	揖
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yī
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjip ›
Old Chinese	/*qip/
English	bow (v.), salute
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	揖
Reading #	1/1
No.	10170
Phonetic component	咠
Rime group	緝
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	揖
Old Chinese	/*qib/

Definitions

揖

1. to salute with one hand clasping the other in front of one's chest
2. to politely decline; to modestly decline

Compounds

• 三揖
• 三揖三讓／三揖三让 (sānyīsānràng)
• 作揖
• 張揖／张揖
• 打恭作揖
• 打躬作揖
• 拜揖
• 拱手作揖
• 拱揖
• 揖客
• 揖揖
• 揖讓／揖让 (yīràng)
• 羅圈兒揖／罗圈儿揖
• 聳揖／耸揖
• 長揖／长揖
• 開門揖盜／开门揖盗 (kāiményīdào)

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jí (ji²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cap¹

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• 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: cap¹
    • Yale: chāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceb¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐp̚⁵/

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• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s.qrip/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	揖
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jí
Middle Chinese	‹ tsip ›
Old Chinese	/*s.qrip/ (dialect: MC tsr- > ts-)
English	cluster together
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.

Definitions

揖

1. Alternative form of 輯／辑 (jí, “to gather”)

References

• “揖”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

揖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ゆう (yū)
• Kan-on: ゆう (yū)
• Kun: えしゃく (eshaku); ゆずる (yuzuru); おす (osu)

Korean

Hanja

揖 • (eup, jeup) (hangeul 읍, 즙)

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Vietnamese

Han character

揖: Hán Nôm readings: ập

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