Wiktionary

繼

See also: 𦂣 and 继
繼 U+7E7C, 繼
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E7C
← 繻
[U+7E7B] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 繽 →
[U+7E7D]

Translingual edit

Traditional 繼
Shinjitai 継
Simplified 继

Han character edit

繼 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 女火女女戈 (VFVVI), four-corner 22913, composition ⿰糹㡭)

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 941, character 34
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27997
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1381, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3464, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+7E7C

Chinese edit

trad. 繼
simp. 继
alternative forms 継
㡭

Glyph origin edit

Characters in the same phonetic series (繼) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
繼 *keːɡs
檵 *keːɡs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *keːɡs) : semantic 糸 (“rope”) + phonetic 㡭 ().

The original form may have depicted four 幺 (“silk”).

Etymology edit

According to Schuessler 2007, originally the same word as 係 (OC *keːɡs).

Pronunciation edit

Rime
Character 繼
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 古詣切
Baxter kejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/keiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/keiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kɛiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kɛjH/
Li
Rong 		/keiH/
Wang
Li 		/kieiH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/kieiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gai3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 繼
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jì
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kejH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[k]ˁ[e]-s/
English continue

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 繼
Reading # 1/1
No. 5859
Phonetic
component 		繼
Rime
group 		賜
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		計
Old
Chinese 		/*keːɡs/

Definitions edit

繼

  1. to continue; to maintain; to carry on; to follow
  2. to inherit and carry on; to succeed
    繼承／继承  ―  jìchéng  ―  to inherit
    繼位／继位  ―  jìwèi  ―  to succeed to the throne; to inherit the throne
  3. follow-up; ensuing; following
  4. immediately afterward; right afterward; soon after
  5. a surname: Ji

Synonyms edit

  • (to continue):

Compounds edit

References edit

Japanese edit

Shinjitai

継

Kyūjitai

繼

Kanji edit

繼

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 継)

  1. acquire by birthright
  2. follow in someone's footsteps or position
  3. (clothes) patch
  4. (be) grafted into a tree

Readings edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
繼
つぎ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 繼 – see the following entry: つぎ

(The following entry is uncreated: つぎ.)

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
繼
まま
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 繼 – see the following entry: まま

(The following entry is uncreated: まま.)

Korean edit

Hanja edit

繼 (eumhun 이을 계 (ieul gye))

  1. Hanja form? of 계 (“continue, persist”).
  2. Hanja form? of 계 (“inherit”).

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

繼: Hán Nôm readings: kế

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