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咭

咭

咭	U+54AD, 咭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54AD

← 咬
[U+54AC]

CJK Unified Ideographs

咮 →
[U+54AE]

Translingual

Han character

咭 (radical 30 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口土口 (RGR), four-corner 6406₁, composition ⿰口吉)

(Cantonese) to guard (from English 'guard')
(Cantonese) a card (from English 'card')
(Cantonese) young and pretty (from English 'kid')

References

KangXi: page 186, character 17

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3544

Dae Jaweon: page 406, character 2

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 611, character 6

Unihan data for U+54AD

Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		咭

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): jī (ji¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gat¹, hat¹, kat¹
Wu (Wiktionary): khaq (T4); xiq (T4)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: jī
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ
  - Wade-Giles: chih¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gat¹, hat¹, kat¹
  - Yale: gāt, hāt, kāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gat⁷, hat⁷, kat⁷
  - IPA ^(key): /kɐt̚⁵/, /hɐt̚⁵/, /kʰɐt̚⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: khaq (T4); xiq (T4)
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰᴀʔ⁵⁵/, /ɕi̯ɪʔ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: /hiɪt̚/, /kʰˠɛt̚/▼

Rime
Character	咭	咭
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	質 (48)	鎋 (75)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	許吉切	恪八切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hiɪt̚/	/kʰˠɛt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hit̚/	/kʰᵚæt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xjet̚/	/kʰæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hit̚/	/kʰəɨt̚/
Li Rong	/xiĕt̚/	/kʰɛt̚/
Wang Li	/xĭĕt̚/	/kʰæt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi̯ĕt̚/	/kʰat̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xi	qia

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰriːd/, /*ɡlid/, /*qʰlid/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	咭	咭	咭
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	5677	5700	5708
Phonetic component	吉	吉	吉
Rime group	質	質	質
Rime subdivision	1	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	𤫶		欯
Old Chinese	/*kʰriːd/	/*ɡlid/	/*qʰlid/

Definitions

咭

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Compounds

咭力骨碌
咭叮噹／咭叮当
咭吱咯吱

咭咭
咭咭呱呱
咭噔咯噔

咭噹噹／咭当当
咭片

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		咭
alt. forms		卡

Borrowing from English card.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): kaat¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: kaat¹
  - Yale: kāat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kaat⁷
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰɑːt̚⁵/

Definitions

咭

(Cantonese) card

References

(Cantonese) Multi-function Chinese Character Database (漢語多功能字庫)

Japanese

Kanji

咭

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On: きつ (kitsu), ぎち (gichi), かつ (katsu), けち (kechi)

Kun: こえのさま (koenosama)

Korean

Hanja

咭 • ‎(gil, gal) (hangeul 길, 갈, revised gil, gal, McCune-Reischauer kil, kal)

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Vietnamese

Han character

Hán Việt: gắt

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