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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 112 +5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一口竹心一 (MRHPM) or 一口竹女戈 (MRHVI), four-corner 12640)

  1. a whetstone
  2. to polish

References

  • KangXi: page 828, character 37
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24093
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1243, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2424, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+7825

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*tiːl
*tiːl, *til
*tiːl
*tiːl
*tiːl, *djilʔ
*tiːl, *dil
*tiːl
*tiːl, *tiːls
*tiːl, *tiːlʔ, *tiːls
*tiːlʔ
*tiːlʔ
*tiːlʔ, *diːl
*tiːlʔ, *tjelʔ, *dil
*tiːlʔ
*tiːlʔ
*tiːlʔ
*tiːlʔ
*tiːlʔ
*tiːls
*tjelʔ, *tjil, *tjilʔ, *tjils
*til
*til
*til
*dil
*dil
*dil
*dil
*dil
*tjil
*tjilʔ, *tjɯʔ
*tjilʔ
*tʰjil
*kjeʔ, *tjil

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial () (23) (23) (23)
Final () (15) (11) (17)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () III III Chongniu III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕiɪ/ /t͡ɕiᴇX/ /t͡ɕˠiɪX/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕi/ /t͡ɕiɛX/ /t͡ɕᵚiX/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕjɪ/ /t͡ɕjɛX/ /t͡ɕiɪX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ci/ /ciə̆X/ /cjiX/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕi/ /t͡ɕieX/ /t͡ɕjiX/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕi/ /t͡ɕǐeX/ /t͡ɕiX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕi/ /t͡ɕie̯X/ /t͡ɕiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhī zhǐ zhǐ
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zhǐ
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsyijX ›
Old
Chinese
/*tijʔ/
English whetstone

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 # 1/4 2/4 3/4 4/4
No. 2258 2271 2273 2275
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 1 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tjelʔ/ /*tjil/ /*tjilʔ/ /*tjils/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 中流砥柱
  • 砥兵礪伍砥兵砺伍
  • 砥名勵節砥名励节
  • 砥平繩直砥平绳直
  • 砥志礪行砥志砺行
  • 砥據砥据
  • 砥柱
  • 砥柱中流
  • 砥礪砥砺
  • 砥礪名節砥砺名节
  • 砥礪名號砥砺名号
  • 砥礪名行砥砺名行
  • 砥礪廉隅砥砺廉隅
  • 砥礪清節砥砺清节
  • 砥礪風節砥砺风节
  • 砥節奉公砥节奉公
  • 砥節守公砥节守公
  • 砥節礪行砥节砺行
  • 砥行磨名
  • 砥行立名
  • 磨礱砥礪磨砻砥砺

References


Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(ji) (hangeul , revised ji, McCune-Reischauer chi, Yale ci)

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