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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 62 +10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 十戈人土 (JIOG), four-corner 43250, composition𢦏)

References


Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*zaːd, *zeːd
*zeːd
*ʔsed

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *zeːd) : semantic  + phonetic 𢦔.

Pronunciation



Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jié
Middle
Chinese
‹ dzet ›
Old
Chinese
/*[dz]ˤet/
English cut, trim

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 6471
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
𢧵
Old
Chinese
/*zeːd/
Notes

Definitions

  1. cut off, stop, obstruct, intersect

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. to cut, to sever

Readings

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese (*dzhet). Compare modern Cantonese (zit6).

Pronunciation

Affix

(hiragana せつ, romaji setsu)

  1. section
  2. cut
  3. sever
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Probably originally a misreading based on this character's visual and semantic similarity to , commonly read as sai.

Pronunciation

Affix

(hiragana さい, romaji sai)

  1. section
  2. cut
  3. sever
Derived terms

Korean

Hanja

(jeol) (hangeul , revised jeol, McCune-Reischauer chŏl, Yale cel)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(tiệt, sịt, tét, tĩu)

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