砌

砌 U+780C, 砌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-780C ← 砋 [U+780B] CJK Unified Ideographs 砍 → [U+780D]

Translingual

Han character

砌 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一口心尸竹 (MRPSH), four-corner 1762₀, composition ⿰石切)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 828, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24062
• Dae Jaweon: page 1242, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2419, character 11
• Unihan data for U+780C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		砌

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (七) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
切	*sn̥ʰiːds, *sn̥ʰiːd
砌	*sʰiːds
沏	*sʰiːd
七	*sn̥ʰid
柒	*sn̥ʰid
叱	*n̥ʰjid

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰiːds) : semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 切 (OC *sn̥ʰiːds, *sn̥ʰiːd).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): qì (qi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): qi⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhè / kih / gih
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵chi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qì
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cì
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi⁴
    • Yale: chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chih
    • Palladius: ци (ci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: qi⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ki
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cai³
    • Yale: chai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhè
    • Tâi-lô: tshè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhex
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰe⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰe²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kih
    • Tâi-lô: kih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiq
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou): /kiʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gih
    • Tâi-lô: gih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giq
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou): /ɡiʔ³²/

Note:

• chhè - literary;
• kih/gih - vernacular (俗) (“to build by laying bricks or stones”).

• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵chi
    • MiniDict: chi^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²qi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰi³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tshejH

Rime
Character	砌
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	七計切
Baxter	tshejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰeiH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰeiH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɛjH/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰeiH/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰieiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰieiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cai3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰiːds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	砌
Reading #	1/1
No.	9907
Phonetic component	七
Rime group	至
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	砌
Old Chinese	/*sʰiːds/
Notes	見班固賦

Definitions

砌

1. to build by laying bricks or stones
2. step (in a staircase)
3. (Cantonese) to assemble

   Antonym: 拆

   我而家砌緊個櫃。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我而家砌紧个柜。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ ji⁴ gaa¹ cai³ gan² go³ gwai⁶. [Jyutping]

   I am assembling a shelf now.

4. (Cantonese) to beat up; to attack
5. (Cantonese, figuratively) to beat; to defeat

Synonyms

• (to build by laying bricks or stones): (Hokkien) 格 (kek)

Compounds

• 堆砌 (duīqì)
• 壘砌／垒砌 (lěiqì)
• 打砌
• 插科使砌
• 步砌
• 瓊堆玉砌／琼堆玉砌
• 砌合
• 砌塊建築／砌块建筑
• 砌末
• 砌磚／砌砖 (qìzhuān)
• 砌詞／砌词
• 粉妝玉砌／粉妆玉砌 (fěnzhuāngyùqì)
• 苔砌
• 諢砌／诨砌
• 鋪砌／铺砌 (pūqì)
• 階砌／阶砌
• 雕砌
• 點砌／点砌

 

References

• “砌”, 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

砌

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せい (sei); さい (sai)
• Kun: みぎり (migiri)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
砌
みぎり Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 砌 – see the following entry.

【みぎり】 [noun] (literary) time Alternative spelling 砌り

(This term, 砌, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

砌 • (che) (hangeul 체, revised che, McCune–Reischauer ch'e, Yale chey)

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