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U+679D, 枝
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-679D

[U+679C]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+679E]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 75, +4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木十水 (DJE), four-corner 44947, composition )

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 516, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14557
  • Dae Jaweon: page 904, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1165, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+679D

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
alternative forms

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kje) and ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : semantic (tree) + phonetic (OC *kje, branch).

Etymology

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Originally the same word as (OC *kje, “branch (of tree), limb; to support”); see there for more (STEDT).

Pronunciation 1

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Note:
  • Meixian:
    • zi1 - literary;
    • gi1 - vernacular.
Note:
  • ki - vernacular;
  • chi - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (23)
Final () (11)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter tsye
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕiᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕjɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ciə̆/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕie/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕǐe/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zi1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zhī
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsye ›
Old
Chinese
/*ke/
English branch (of tree)

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. 17201
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kje/

Definitions

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  1. branch; twig
    低垂水面 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    Liǔ zhī dīchuí zài shuǐmiàn shang. [Pinyin]
    The branches of the willows drooped over the water.
    結果修剪 [MSC, trad.]
    结果修剪 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā bǎ bù jiēguǒ de zhī dōu xiūjiǎn diào. [Pinyin]
    He pruned every branch that did not bear fruit.
  2. Classifier for long cylindrical objects (stick, pen, rod, flower with stem, etc).
    鉛筆铅笔  ―  zhī qiānbǐ  ―  a pencil
      ―  zhī qiāng  ―  a gun
  3. a surname
Synonyms
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  • (branch):

Compounds

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Pronunciation 2

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Definitions

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  1. Alternative form of (extra toe)
  2. Alternative form of (, divergent)

Further reading

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. branch, limbs

Readings

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References

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Etymology

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Kanji in this term
えだ
Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Inherited from earlier yeda, from Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *yonta. Cognate with Kunigami (yudā), Miyako (yuda), Okinawan (yida), (yuda), Yaeyama (yuda), Yonaguni (duda). The vowel change is irregular.

Noun

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(えだ) (edaえだ (eda)?

  1. branch, limbs
  2. (graph theory) edge

Coordinate terms

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Korean

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Hanja

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

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Kunigami

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Kanji

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(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan *yoda, from Proto-Japonic *yonta.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ゆだー) (yuthā

  1. branch (of a tree or plant); bough

References

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  • ゆだー【枝】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

Miyako

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Kanji

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(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan *yoda, from Proto-Japonic *yonta.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ゆだ) (yuda

  1. branch (of a tree or plant); bough

References

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  • ゆだ【枝】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

Okinawan

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Kanji

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(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan *yoda, from Proto-Japonic *yonta.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(いぃだ) or (ゆだ) (yida or yuda

  1. branch (of a tree or plant); bough

References

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: chi, che

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Yaeyama

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Kanji

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(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan *yoda, from Proto-Japonic *yonta.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ゆだ) (yuda

  1. branch (of a tree or plant); bough

References

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  • ゆだ【枝】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

Yonaguni

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Kanji

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(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Ryukyuan *yoda, from Proto-Japonic *yonta.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(どぅだ) (duda

  1. branch (of a tree or plant); bough

References

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  • どぅだ【枝】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.