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介
介
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See also: 个
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Han character
介 (radical 9 人+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 人中中 (OLL), four-corner 80220, composition ⿱人⿰丿丨)
Derived characters
Descendants
References
- KangXi: page 91, character 19
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 359
- Dae Jaweon: page 194, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 103, character 9
- Unihan data for U+4ECB
Chinese
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介 | |
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Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 介
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (介) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 妎 | *ɡaːds, *ɡeːds |
| 芥 | *kreːds |
| 尬 | *kreːds |
| 界 | *kreːds |
| 介 | *kreːds |
| 疥 | *kreːds |
| 玠 | *kreːds |
| 砎 | *kreːds, *kreːd, *ɡraːd |
| 魪 | *kreːds |
| 价 | *kreːds |
| 衸 | *kreːds, *ɡreːds |
| 齘 | *ɡreːds |
| 骱 | *ɡaːd, *kreːd |
| 扴 | *kreːd |
| 圿 | *kreːd |
| 忦 | *kreːd |
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kie / kiai
- Min Dong (BUC): gái
- Min Nan (POJ): kài
- Wu (Wiktionary): jia (T2); ka (T2)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ
- Wade-Giles: chieh4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieh
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: gaai3
- Yale: gaai
- Cantonese Pinyin: gaai3
- IPA (key): /kɑːi̯³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: gai1
- IPA (key): /kai³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kie
- Hakka Romanization System: gie
- Hagfa Pinyim: gie4
- IPA: /ki̯e⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiai
- Hakka Romanization System: giai
- Hagfa Pinyim: giai4
- IPA: /ki̯ai̯⁵⁵/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: gái
- IPA (key): /kɑi²¹³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kài
- Tâi-lô: kài
- Phofsit Daibuun: kaix
- IPA (Xiamen): /kaɪ²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kaɪ⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaɪ²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /kaɪ¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaɪ²¹/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: jia (T2); ka (T2)
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕiᴀ³⁴/, /kᴀ³⁴/
- (Shanghainese)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 介 |
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| Mandarin | Beijing | /t͡ɕiɛ⁵¹/ |
| Harbin | /t͡ɕiɛ⁵³/ | |
| Tianjin | /t͡ɕie⁵³/ | |
| Jinan | /t͡ɕiɛ²¹/ | |
| Qingdao | /t͡ɕiɛ⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /t͡ɕiɛ³¹²/ | |
| Xi'an | /t͡ɕiɛ⁴⁴/ | |
| Xining | /t͡ɕi²¹³/ | |
| Yinchuan | /t͡ɕie¹³/ | |
| Lanzhou |
/t͡ɕiə¹³/ /kɛ¹³/ |
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| Ürümqi | /t͡ɕiɤ²¹³/ | |
| Wuhan | /kai³⁵/ | |
| Chengdu |
/kai¹³/ /t͡ɕiai¹³/ |
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| Guiyang |
/kai²¹³/ /t͡ɕie²¹³/ |
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| Kunming | /kæ²¹²/ | |
| Nanjing | /t͡ɕiɛ⁴⁴/ | |
| Hefei | /t͡ɕie̞⁵³/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡ɕie⁴⁵/ |
| Pingyao | /t͡ɕie̞³⁵/ | |
| Hohhot | /t͡ɕie⁵⁵/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai |
/ka³⁵/ /t͡ɕia³⁵/ |
| Suzhou | /t͡ɕiɑ⁵¹³/ | |
| Hangzhou | /t͡ɕie̞⁴⁴⁵/ | |
| Wenzhou | /ka⁴²/ | |
| Hui | Shexian |
/t͡ɕia³²⁴/ /ka³²⁴/ |
| Tunxi | /ka⁴²/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /kai⁵⁵/ |
| Xiangtan | /kai⁵⁵/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /kai⁴⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /kiai⁵³/ |
| Taoyuan | /ke⁵⁵/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /kai³³/ |
| Nanning | /kai³³/ | |
| Hong Kong | /kai³³/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /kai²¹/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /kɑi²¹²/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /kai³³/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /kai²¹³/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /kai³⁵/ |
| Rime | |
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| Character | 介 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 皆 (33) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 古拜切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/kˠɛiH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/kᵚæiH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/kɐiH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/kəɨjH/ |
| Li Rong |
/kɛiH/ |
| Wang Li |
/kɐiH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/kăiH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
jiè |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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| Character | 介 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
jiè |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ kɛjH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*kˤr[e]p-s/ |
| English | armour; scale of animals |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 介 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6525 |
| Phonetic component |
介 |
| Rime group |
祭 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
誡 |
| Old Chinese |
/*kreːds/ |
Definitions
介
- to lie between
- to relate two things; to connect; to link; to introduce
- to assist; to help
- to hang; to suspend
- to rely on; to depend on
- firm; persistent; unswerving
- such; like this; this kind of
- Original form of 界 (jiè, “boundary; role; duty”).
- iota; tiny bit. Alternative form of 芥 (jiè).
- Classifier for people or copper coins.
- seashell; shell
- to wear armour
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: gai1
- Yale: gāi
- Cantonese Pinyin: gai1
- IPA (key): /kɐi̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
Definitions
介
Compounds
Derived terms from 介
Japanese
Kanji
介
- shell, shellfish
- to be between, mediate
- concern oneself with
- interfere
Readings
Compounds
Compounds
Related terms
- 介する
- 介添え
Korean
Hanja
介 • (gae) (hangeul 개)
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Vietnamese
Han character
介 (giới, lương)
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