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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 75 +7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木大人人 (DKOO), four-corner 54038, composition)

References


Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*qrebs
*qeːbs
*kʰemʔ
*skaːb, *skeːb
*skaːb, *ɡeːb
*kreːb
*kreːb
*sʰreːɡ, *kreːb, *keːb
*kreːb
*kreːb
*ɡreːb
*ɡreːb
*ɡreːb
*ɡreːb
*ɡreːb
*sraːb, *srɯːb
*kraːb, *keːb
*keːb
*keːb
*keːb
*keːb
*keːb
*kʰeːb
*kʰeːb
*kʰeːb
*kʰeːb
*ɡeːb
*ɡeːb

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (28) (28)
Final () (158) (150)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kep̚/ /kˠap̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/kep̚/ /kᵚap̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɛp̚/ /kap̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kɛp̚/ /kaɨp̚/
Li
Rong
/kep̚/ /kap̚/
Wang
Li
/kiep̚/ /kap̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kiep̚/ /kap̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jie jia
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jiā jiā
Middle
Chinese
‹ kæp › ‹ kep ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.kˤ<r>ep/ (MC -æp is irregular) /*kˤep/
English chopsticks chopsticks (ap. Jīngdiǎn shìwén)

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 # 1/2 2/2
No. 5902 5909
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kraːb/ /*keːb/

Definitions

  1. chopstick

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings