桔

See also: 橘

桔 U+6854, 桔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6854 ← 桓 [U+6853] CJK Unified Ideographs 桕 → [U+6855]

Translingual

Han character

桔 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 木土口 (DGR), four-corner 4496₁, composition ⿰木吉)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 526, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14777
• Dae Jaweon: page 915, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1194, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6854

Chinese

simp. and trad.		桔

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (吉) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
秸	*kriːl, *kriːd
髻	*kiːds
夡	*kʰids
鴶	*kriːd
袺	*kriːd, *kiːd
頡	*kriːd, *ɡiːd
劼	*kʰriːd
硈	*kʰriːd
咭	*kʰriːd, *ɡlid, *qʰlid
黠	*ɡriːd
聐	*ŋreːd
趌	*ked, *klid, *kʰid, *ɡrid
結	*kiːd
拮	*kiːd, *klid
桔	*kiːd
狤	*kiːd, *klid, *ɡrid
擷	*qʰiːd, *ɡiːd
襭	*ɡiːd
翓	*ɡiːd
纈	*ɡiːd
吉	*klid
郆	*kid
詰	*kʰid
蛣	*kʰid
佶	*ɡlid, *ɡrid
鮚	*ɡrid
姞	*ɡrid
欯	*qʰlid
恄	*qʰlid

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kiːd) : semantic 木 (“wood”) + phonetic 吉 (OC *klid).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jié (jie²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): git³ / gat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jié
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jié
    • Wade–Giles: chieh²
    • Yale: jyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jye
    • Palladius: цзе (cze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: git³ / gat¹
    • Yale: git / gāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: git⁸ / gat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: gid³ / ged¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːt̚³/, /kɐt̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ket

Rime
Character	桔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	屑 (87)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	古屑切
Baxter	ket
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ket̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ket̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛt̚/
Li Rong	/ket̚/
Wang Li	/kiet̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kiet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jie
Expected Cantonese Reflex	git3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kiːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	桔
Reading #	1/1
No.	5683
Phonetic component	吉
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	結
Old Chinese	/*kiːd/

Definitions

桔

1. Used in 桔梗 (jiégěng).
2. Used in 桔槔 (jiégāo, “well sweep”); also used as its short form.
3. ^† to suspend with a well sweep

Compounds

• 桔桀
• 桔梗 (jiégěng)
• 桔槔 (jiégāo)
• 桔槔烽

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jú (ju²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gat¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jú
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyú
    • Wade–Giles: chü²
    • Yale: jyú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyu
    • Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gat¹
    • Yale: gāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ged¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiat
    • Tâi-lô: kiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛt̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɛt̚³²/

Definitions

桔

1. Alternative form of 橘 (jú)

Usage notes

桔 was included as the simplified form of 橘 (jú) in the second round of simplification in 1977. The current standard in Mainland China, the Table of General Standard Chinese Characters (通用规范汉字表), does not mention that 桔 is a simplification of 橘 (jú). A Dictionary of Current Chinese (现代汉语词典) and the Xinhua Dictionary (新华字典) list 桔 as a separate entry from 橘 (jú) (unlike other variants, which are usually put beside the main character in parentheses) and define 桔 as a common variant for 橘 (jú), while Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian (《现代汉语规范词典》) proscribes the use of 桔 as the simplified form of 橘 (jú).

In Cantonese, 桔 is generally used for gat¹, while 橘 is used for gwat¹.

Compounds

• 柑桔 (gānjú)
• 桔仔
• 桔仔汁
• 桔仔餅 / 桔仔饼
• 運桔 / 运桔
• 金桔 (jīnjú)
• 金桔仔

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xié (xie²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kit³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xié
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sié
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh²
    • Yale: syé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shye
    • Palladius: се (se)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kit³
    • Yale: kit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: kid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːt̚³/

Definitions

桔

1. Only used in 桔柣.

References

• “桔”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

桔

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. (used in plant names)

Readings

• Go-on: けち (kechi)
• Kan-on: けつ (ketsu)
• Kan’yō-on: きち (kichi)
• Kun: き (ki)

Compounds

• 桔梗 (ききょう, ​kikyō): the platycodon or Chinese bellflower, Platycodon grandiflorus
• 桔木 (はねぎ, ​hanegi): a wooden lever used to remove something; part of a roof; part of a ship's stern
• 桔槹 (きっこう, ​kikkō; けっこう, ​kekkō): alternate for 撥ね釣瓶, 撥釣瓶 (はねつるべ, ​hanetsurube): an early kind of device using a long pole with a counterbalance as a lever to get water out of a well

Korean

Hanja

桔 • (gil) (hangeul 길, revised gil, McCune–Reischauer kil, Yale kil)

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Vietnamese

Han character

桔: Hán Nôm readings: cát, quất, kết

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