陟

陟	U+965F, 陟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-965F

Translingual edit

Han character edit

陟 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 弓中卜中竹 (NLYLH), four-corner 7122₁, composition ⿰阝步)

Derived characters edit

騭(骘)

References edit

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1351, character 16
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41659
Dae Jaweon: page 1853, character 27
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4131, character 1
Unihan data for U+965F

Chinese edit

simp. and trad.		陟
alternative forms		𰂮

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 陟
Western Zhou
Bronze inscriptions

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

	Old Chinese
陟	*tɯɡ
騭	*tjiɡ

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 阝 (“mound; hill; raised ground”) + 步 (“step; two feet pointing upwards”). Cf. 降 (jiàng), with two feet pointing downwards.

Etymology edit

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l-t(j)ak (“to climb; to ascend”) (STEDT). Cf. 登 (OC *tɯːŋ) (Wang, 1923) < *s-tjaŋ.

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhì (zhi⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄓˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zik¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhì
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhìh
  - Wade–Giles: chih⁴
  - Yale: jr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyh
  - Palladius: чжи (čži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zik¹
  - Yale: jīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: jig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚⁵/

Middle Chinese: trik

Rime
Character	陟
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	蒸 (134)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	竹力切
Baxter	trik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈik̚/
Li Rong	/ȶiək̚/
Wang Li	/ȶĭək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶi̯ək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zik¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*trək/

(Zhengzhang): /*tɯɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	陟
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhì
Middle Chinese	‹ trik ›
Old Chinese	/*trək/
English	ascend
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	陟
Reading #	1/1
No.	17386
Phonetic component	陟
Rime group	職
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	陟
Old Chinese	/*tɯɡ/

Definitions edit

陟

(literary) to climb; to ascend
- 陟彼屺兮，瞻望母兮。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Zhì bǐ qǐ xī, zhān wàng mǔ xī. [Pinyin]
  I ascend that bare hill,
  And look towards my mother.
(archaic, euphemistic, of a monarch) to die; to ascend to heaven
- 十二年，王陟。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
  From: Bamboo Annals, circa 475 – 221 BCE
  Shí'èr nián, Wáng zhì. [Pinyin]
  In the twelfth year (of his reign), the King ascended.
(literary) to promote
陟罰臧否／陟罚臧否 ― zhìfázāngpǐ ― to reward good people and to punish bad people