浙

浙 U+6D59, 浙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6D59 ← 浘 [U+6D58] CJK Unified Ideographs 浚 → [U+6D5A]

Translingual

Han character

浙 (radical 85, 水+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 水手竹中 (EQHL), four-corner 3212₁, composition ⿰氵折)

References

• KangXi: page 623, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17458
• Dae Jaweon: page 1021, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1618, character 20
• Unihan data for U+6D59

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		浙
alternative forms		淛

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 浙
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
晢	*ʔljeds, *ʔljed
狾	*ʔljeds
誓	*ɦljeds
逝	*ɦljeds
銴	*ɢljeds, *ɢʷleds
折	*l'eːl, *ʔljed, *ɦljed
娎	*hleːws, *qʰred
哳	*ʔr'eːd
踅	*sɢʷled
哲	*ʔl'ed
蜇	*ʔl'ed
悊	*ʔl'ed
嚞	*ted
喆	*ted
硩	*l̥ʰed, *l̥ʰeːɡ
浙	*ʔljed
晣	*ʔljed
焎	*hred

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ʔljed): semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 折 (OC *l'eːl, *ʔljed, *ɦljed).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhè (zhe⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄜˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): zit³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): zet²

• Gan (Wiktionary): zet⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chat
• Min Dong (BUC): ciék
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chiat

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zig⁴

• Wu (Wiktionary): tseq (T4)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhè
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄜˋ
    • Wade–Giles: chê4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zit³
    • Yale: jit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: jid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːt̚³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: zet²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡set̚⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: zet⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛt̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chat
    • Hakka Romanization System: zad`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sat̚²/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ciék
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siɛʔ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiat
    • Tâi-lô: tsiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɛt̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɛt̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zig⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsik
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sik̚²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: tseq (T4)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡səʔ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕiᴇt̚/

Rime
Character	浙
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	薛 (81)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	旨熱切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ciat̚/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiɛt̚/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭɛt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhe
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zit3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔljed/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	浙
Reading #	1/1
No.	16948
Phonetic component	折
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	晢
Old Chinese	/*ʔljed/

Definitions

浙

1. (～江) (historical) Zhe River (former name of the Qiantang River in Zhejiang, China)
2. Short for 浙江 (Zhèjiāng, “Zhejiang Province”).

Compounds

• 兩浙／两浙
• 江浙 (Jiāng-Zhè)
• 浙南 (Zhènán)

• 浙本
• 浙東／浙东 (Zhèdōng)
• 浙東學派／浙东学派

• 浙江 (Zhèjiāng)
• 浙江潮
• 浙贛鐵路／浙赣铁路

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Japanese

Kanji

浙

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: せち (sechi)
• Kan-on: せつ (setsu)
• Kun: よなげる (yonageru)

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Korean

Hanja

浙 (eumhun 강 절 (gang jeol))

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Vietnamese

Han character

浙: Hán Nôm readings: chiết

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