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適

See also: 适
適 U+9069, 適
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9069
← 遨
[U+9068] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 遪 →
[U+906A]
㊜ U+329C, ㊜
CIRCLED IDEOGRAPH SUITABLE
← ㊛
[U+329B] 		Enclosed CJK Letters and Months ㊝ →
[U+329D]

Translingual

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Han character

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適 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜卜金月 (YYCB), four-corner 30302, composition ⿺辶啇)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1263, character 34
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39076
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1759, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3877, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+9069

Chinese

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trad. 適
simp. 适*
alternative forms 𨗁
啻

Glyph origin

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Characters in the same phonetic series (帝) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
膪 *rtaːɡs, *rteːɡs
揥 *tʰeds, *teː
腣 *teː, *teːɡs
諦 *teːɡs
偙 *teːɡs
渧 *teːɡs
帝 *teːɡs
楴 *tʰeːɡs
啼 *deː
蹄 *deː
締 *deː, *deːɡs
崹 *deː
鶙 *deː
禘 *deːɡs
啻 *hljeɡs
嫡 *rteɡ, *teːɡ
摘 *rteːɡ, *tʰeːɡ
謫 *rteːɡ
讁 *rteːɡ
擿 *deɡ
蹢 *deɡ, *teːɡ
適 *tjeɡ, *hljeɡ, *teːɡ
啇 *teːɡ
滴 *teːɡ
鏑 *teːɡ
甋 *teːɡ
樀 *teːɡ, *deːɡ
敵 *deːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjeɡ, *hljeɡ, *teːɡ) : semantic 辶 + phonetic 啻 (OC *hljeɡs).

Pronunciation 1

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Rime
Character 適 適
Reading # 1/3 2/3
Initial (聲) 書 (26) 章 (23)
Final (韻) 昔 (123) 昔 (123)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 施隻切 之石切
Baxter syek tsyek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɕiᴇk̚/ /t͡ɕiᴇk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɕiɛk̚/ /t͡ɕiɛk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɕiæk̚/ /t͡ɕiæk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɕiajk̚/ /ciajk̚/
Li
Rong 		/ɕiɛk̚/ /t͡ɕiɛk̚/
Wang
Li 		/ɕĭɛk̚/ /t͡ɕĭɛk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ɕi̯ɛk̚/ /t͡ɕi̯ɛk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		shi zhi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		sik1 zik1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 適 適
Reading # 2/3 1/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		shì shì
Middle
Chinese 		‹ syek › ‹ syek ›
Old
Chinese 		/*s-tek/ /*s-tek/
English go to scared

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 適 適
Reading # 2/3 1/3
No. 2330 2329
Phonetic
component 		帝 帝
Rime
group 		錫 錫
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		釋 隻
Old
Chinese 		/*hljeɡ/ /*tjeɡ/

Definitions

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適

  1. to go; to proceed (to a place)
    1. to incline towards; (of the popular feeling) to tend towards; to turn towards
    2. (of a girl) to get married; to marry
    3. to follow; to submit to; to comply with
    4. to fit; to suit; to accord with
  2. towards; to
  3. to get; to obtain
    1. to control; to restrict; to moderate
    2. to regulate; to adjust; to measure
    3. to meet; to encounter
  4. fitting; proper; suitable; appropriate
    1. good; fine; adequate
    2. happy; joyful; contented
    3. at ease; comfortable; cosy
  5. by chance; as it happens; as luck would have it
    1. occasionally; from time to time
    2. if; assuming
    3. just (now); only
  6. (historical) collar of the mourning gown
  7. a surname
Synonyms
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Dialectal synonyms of 恰巧 (“by chance; as it happens”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 會, 適
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 恰巧, 恰好, 恰恰, 碰巧, 剛好, 剛巧, 正好, 正巧, 趕巧, 湊巧
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 正好, 碰巧, 可可兒的
Langfang 正好兒
Harbin 正巧
Jilu Mandarin Tangshan 碰巧兒
Cangzhou 正巧兒
Baoding 碰巧
Shijiazhuang 正巧兒
Jinan 正好, 剛好, 碰巧, 湊巧
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 趕巧兒
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 碰巧, 湊巧
Daming 正好兒
Wanrong 剛, 妙, 可妙, 湊妙
Xi'an 正好, 剛好, 剛好兒, 妙的
Xining 正好
Xuzhou 驗好, 驗好兒, 驗巧, 適巧
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 湊巧, 恰巧
Lanzhou 將巧
Ürümqi 剛好, 正好, 剛巧, 正巧, 碰巧, 正, 將好兒
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 端端, 剛好, 將好, 恰好, 恰恰
Wuhan 正巧, 恰恰, 神神
Guiyang 恰巧, 湊巧, 碰巧
Kunming 剛好, 恰恰的
Liuzhou 扣到, 扣扣, 正, 碰巧
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 正, 將將
Yangzhou 剛好, 剛剛好, 齊巧, 正好, 將好
Nantong 碰巧
Hefei 正好, 將好, 碰巧
Cantonese Guangzhou 碰啱, 撞啱, 湊啱, 啱好, 啱, 啱啱, 啱啱好, 啱啱線
Hong Kong 咁啱, 撞啱, 碰啱, 啱啱
Macau 啱啱
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 啱啱好
Foshan 啱好
Foshan (Sanshui) 啱啱好
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 啱啱
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 啱算
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 啱算
Jiangmen (Baisha) 啱啱
Taishan 碰啱
Heshan (Yayao) 啱啱好
Dongguan 啱先
Yangjiang 哏好, 啱
Xinyi 啱好, 啱啱
Gan Nanchang 合適, 碰巧
Lichuan 剛好
Pingxiang 嵌嵌, 嵌嵌仔, 嵌好, 合式, 緊光
Hakka Meixian 啱好, 啱啱
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 啱啱
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 啱算
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 啱啱
Yudu 將好, 剛好
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 堵好, 堵堵好
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 堵好, 堵堵好
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 堵好, 堵堵好
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 堵好, 堵堵好
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 堵好, 堵堵好
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 堵好, 堵堵好
Huizhou Jixi 剛好
Jin Taiyuan 剛好, 可可底, 正好, 正巧
Xinzhou 正好, 嵌好, 嵌好好兒, 嵌嵌兒, 可好, 可好好兒, 可可兒
Zhangjiakou 剛巧
Handan 正好兒
Northern Min Jian'ou 頃頃好
Eastern Min Fuzhou 正正好, 堵堵好
Southern Min Xiamen 對對, 拄好, 拄仔好, 注死, 湊拄歁, 千千, 千拄千, 拄巧, 拄拄, 拄拄仔好
Quanzhou 對對, 拄好, 拄仔好, 湊拄歁, 千千, 千拄千, 拄遷
Zhangzhou 對對, 拄好, 拄仔好, 拄欸好, 注死, 拄, 死病, 湊拄歁, 湊拄歁仔, 湊巧, 湊歁, 湊歁仔, 千千, 千拄千, 拄仔, 拄拄, 拄拄仔
Kaohsiung 拄好
Yilan 拄好
Changhua (Lukang) 拄好
Taichung 拄好
Taichung (Wuqi) 拄好
Tainan 拄好
Taitung 拄好
Hsinchu 拄仔好
Penghu (Magong) 拄好
Zhangping 堵堵, 堵好, 堵湊
Chaozhou 堵堵, 堵好
Shantou 湊巧, 恰巧, 堵堵, 啱
Shantou (Chaoyang) 啱
Jieyang 堵彩, 堵堵好, 合合
Puning 合事, 合合
Haikou 啱, 啱啱
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 正好
Wu Shanghai 剛, 齊巧, 正好, 正巧, 剛巧, 剛剛, 剛正好, 剛剛好, 正正好好, 貼正, 貼正好, 恰好, 貼准, 恰恰叫, 恰恰好, 眼眼叫, 眼眼調, 扣揢扣, 碰巧, 湊巧, 齊頭 dated, 齊頭好 dated
Shanghai (Chuansha, Pudong) 剛, 剛剛
Shanghai (Fengxian) 剛剛好
Shanghai (Jinshan) 剛剛好, 正好子
Shanghai (Qingpu) 剛剛好, 恰好
Shanghai (Chongming) 正好, 剛, 剛剛
Suzhou 剛巧, 剛正, 剛好, 齊巧, 齊頭, 眼眼調
Wuxi 齊頭數, 齊巧
Danyang 湊巧, 齊巧, 剛好, 正好, 齊巧好
Hangzhou 剛巧, 正巧, 齊巧
Ningbo 剛剛, 扣好, 扣扣, 候扣, 眼眼叫, 齊巧
Wenzhou 恰兩恰兒, 恰恰兒, 扣扣, 扣門兒
Jinhua 頂對, 正好, 正好兒, 剛好
Xiang Changsha 剛合, 如勢, 獨如, 正好, 恰好
Loudi 恰好, 正好
Shuangfeng 正好

Compounds

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Pronunciation 2

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Rime
Character 適
Reading # 3/3
Initial (聲) 端 (5)
Final (韻) 錫 (127)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 都歷切
Baxter tek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/tek̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/tek̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/tɛk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/tɛjk̚/
Li
Rong 		/tek̚/
Wang
Li 		/tiek̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/tiek̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		di
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		dik1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 適
Reading # 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		shì
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tsyek ›
Old
Chinese 		/*tek/
English go to

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 適
Reading # 3/3
No. 2332
Phonetic
component 		帝
Rime
group 		錫
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		的
Old
Chinese 		/*teːɡ/

Definitions

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適

  1. to devote; to dedicate (to one thing)
  2. Alternative form of 嫡 (dí, “legal wife; legal wife's son”)

Compounds

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Pronunciation 3

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適

  1. Only used in 適適／适适 (“frightened; at a loss”).

Pronunciation 4

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適

  1. Alternative form of 謫／谪 (zhé, “to blame; to punish; to banish; fault”)

Pronunciation 5

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適

  1. Alternative form of 敵／敌 (dí, “enemy; to rival”)

Japanese

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Shinjitai 適  
Kyūjitai
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適󠄁
適+&#xE0101;?
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適󠄄
適+&#xE0104;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
適󠄃
適+&#xE0103;?
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Kanji

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適

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. suitable, appropriate, fit
  2. Alternative spelling of 嫡: direct; legitimate
  3. Alternative spelling of 敵: enemy

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Compounds

Etymology

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Kanji in this term
適
たまたま
Grade: 5
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 適 – see the following entry.
【たまたま】
[adverb] unexpectedly, by chance; luckily
Alternative spellings
偶, 偶々, 偶偶, 適ま
(This term, 適, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

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  1. ^ 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “適”, in 字通 (Jitsū)‎[1] (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN
  2. ^ “適”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024
  3. ^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 2127 (paper), page 1115 (digital)
  4. ^ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 1228 (paper), page 627 (digital)

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Hanja

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適 • (jeok, cheok) (hangeul 적, 척, revised jeok, cheok, McCune–Reischauer chŏk, ch'ŏk, Yale cek, chek)

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適: Hán Nôm readings: thích, thách, thếch

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