檄

檄 U+6A84, 檄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6A84 ← 檃 [U+6A83] CJK Unified Ideographs 檅 → [U+6A85]

Translingual

Han character

檄 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+13, 17 strokes, cangjie input 木竹尸大 (DHSK), four-corner 4894₀, composition ⿰木敫)

1. to dispatch, order, call to arms
2. urgency

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 556, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15639
• Dae Jaweon: page 945, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1302, character 14
• Unihan data for U+6A84

Chinese

simp. and trad.		檄

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
礉	*kʰreːw, *kʰreːwɢs
邀	*qlew, *kleːw
憿	*kleːw
徼	*kleːw, *kleːwɢs
儌	*kleːwʔ, *kleːwʔ
璬	*kleːwʔ
皦	*kleːwʔ
繳	*kleːwʔ, *kljewɢ, *ɡreːɡ
敫	*kleːwɢs, *ɢlewɢ, *kleːwɢ
譥	*kleːwɢs
激	*kleːwɢs, *kleːwɢ
噭	*kleːwɢs
獥	*kleːwɢs, *kleːwɢ, *ɡleːwɢ
鸄	*kleːwɢs, *kleːwɢ, *ɡleːwɢ
墽	*kʰleːw
竅	*kʰleːwɢs
覈	*ɡleːd, *ɡreːɡ
燩	*kʰreːwɢ, *kʰleːwɢ
檄	*ɡleːwɢ
薂	*ɡleːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡleːwɢ) : semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 敫 (OC *kleːwɢs, *ɢlewɢ, *kleːwɢ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xí (xi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hat⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): he̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sí
    • Wade–Giles: hsi²
    • Yale: syí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyi
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hat⁶
    • Yale: haht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: he̍k
    • Tâi-lô: hi̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hek
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪk̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: hek

Rime
Character	檄
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	青 (127)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	胡狄切
Baxter	hek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/ɣek̚/
Wang Li	/ɣiek̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣiek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jik6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡleːwɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	檄
Reading #	1/1
No.	6411
Phonetic component	敫
Rime group	藥
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	檄
Old Chinese	/*ɡleːwɢ/

Definitions

檄

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Compounds

• 傳檄／传檄 (chuánxí)
• 傳檄而定／传檄而定
• 千里移檄
• 奉檄
• 捧檄
• 檄召
• 檄文 (xíwén)
• 檄書／檄书
• 檄糴／檄籴
• 毛義捧檄／毛义捧檄
• 移檄 (yíxí)
• 羽檄
• 羽檄交馳／羽檄交驰
• 羽檄飛馳／羽檄飞驰
• 草檄
• 飛書走檄／飞书走檄
• 飛書馳檄／飞书驰檄
• 馬頭草檄／马头草檄
• 馳檄／驰檄

 

Japanese

Kanji

檄

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: ぎゃく (gyaku)
• Kan-on: けき (keki)
• Kan’yō-on: げき (geki)
• Kun: ふれぶみ (furebumi, 檄)

Compounds

• 檄文(げきぶん) (gekibun): written appeal, declaration

Etymology

Kanji in this term
檄
げき Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Noun

檄(げき) • (geki) 

1. written appeal, circular, manifesto

Synonyms

• 檄文(げきぶん) (gekibun)

Derived terms

• 檄(げき)を飛(と)ばす (geki o tobasu): issue a manifesto

Korean

Hanja

檄 (eum 격 (gyeok))

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Vietnamese

Han character

檄: Hán Nôm readings: hịch

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