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協

協

協 U+5354, 協
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5354
← 卓
[U+5353] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 单 →
[U+5355]
See also: 协

Translingual

Han character

協 (radical 24 十+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 十大尸尸 (JKSS), four-corner 44027, composition ⿰十劦)

References

  • KangXi: page 156, character 34
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2742
  • Dae Jaweon: page 357, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 64, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+5354

Chinese

trad. 協
simp. 协
alt. forms 旪
叶

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (劦) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
栛 *reːbs
珕 *reːbs, *rebs
荔 *reːbs, *rebs
脅 *hlams, *hlab
姭 *hlams
搚 *raːb, *raːb
拹 *hlab
愶 *hlab
嗋 *hlab
熁 *hlab
協 *ɦleːb
勰 *ɦleːb
劦 *ɦleːb
叶 *ɦleːb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɦleːb) : semantic 十 ‎(“many”) + phonetic 劦 ‎(OC *ɦleːb, “to collaborate”).

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 協
Mandarin Beijing /ɕiɛ³⁵/
Harbin /ɕiɛ²⁴/
Tianjin /ɕie⁴⁵/
Jinan /ɕiə⁴²/
Qingdao /ɕiə⁴²/
Zhengzhou /ɕiɛ⁴²/
Xi'an /ɕiɛ²⁴/
Xining /ɕi²⁴/
Yinchuan /ɕie¹³/
Lanzhou /ɕiə⁵³/
Ürümqi /ɕiɤ⁵¹/
Wuhan /ɕie²¹³/
Chengdu /ɕie³¹/
Guiyang /ɕie²¹/
Kunming /ɕiɛ³¹/
Nanjing /ɕieʔ⁵/
Hefei /ɕiɐʔ⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /ɕiəʔ²/
Pingyao /ɕiʌʔ⁵³/
Hohhot /ɕiaʔ⁴³/
Wu Shanghai /ɦiaʔ¹/
Suzhou /ɦiəʔ³/
Hangzhou /ɦiəʔ²/
Wenzhou /ji²¹³/
Hui Shexian /ɕieʔ²¹/
Tunxi /ɕia⁵/
Xiang Changsha /ɕie²⁴/
Xiangtan /ɕie²⁴/
Gan Nanchang /ɕiɛʔ⁵/
Hakka Meixian /hiap̚⁵/
Taoyuan /hiɑp̚⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /hip̚³/
Nanning /hip̚³³/
Hong Kong /hip̚³/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /hiap̚⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /hieʔ⁵/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /xiɛ²⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /hiap̚⁵/
Haikou (Min Nan) /hiap̚³/
Rime
Character 協
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 怗 (158)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 胡頰切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦep̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦep̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣɛp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦɛp̚/
Li
Rong		 /ɣep̚/
Wang
Li		 /ɣiep̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɣiep̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xié
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 協
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 xié
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ hep ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ɢ]ˤep/
English in harmony

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 協
Reading # 1/1
No. 13788
Phonetic
component		 劦
Rime
group		 盍
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 協
Old
Chinese		 /*ɦleːb/
Notes 劦轉註

Definitions

協

  1. to cooperate; to work together; to collaborate
  2. to assist; to help
  3. harmonious; in amity with
  4. united; joint; common

Compounds

  • 和協／和协
  • 團體協約／团体协约
  • 大協奏曲／大协奏曲
  • 大英國協／大英国协
  • 妥協／妥协 (tuǒxié)
  • 張協／张协
  • 撥協銀／拨协银
  • 政協／政协 (zhèngxié)
  • 海協會／海协会
  • 籃協／篮协
  • 紳士協定／绅士协定
  • 行政協調／行政协调
  • 軟協／软协
  • 限武協定／限武协定
  • 齊心協力／齐心协力

Japanese

Kanji

協

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

協 • ‎(hyeop) (hangeul 협, revised hyeop, McCune-Reischauer hyŏp)

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Vietnamese

Han character

協 (hiếp, hiệp, híp)

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