介

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Translingual [edit]

Han character [edit]

介 (radical 9 人+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 人中中 (OLL), four-corner 80220, composition ⿱人⿰丿丨)

  1. to lie between
  2. seashell
  3. to wear armour
  4. (literary) alternative form of 芥

Derived characters [edit]

Descendants [edit]

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  • KangXi: page 91, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 359
  • Dae Jaweon: page 194, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 103, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+4ECB

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

介 (jyutping gaai3, Yale gaai3)

  1. (Hong Kong) chicken. Simplification of 雞.

Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

介 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. shell, shellfish
  2. to be between, mediate
  3. concern oneself with

Readings [edit]

Compounds [edit]

Related terms [edit]

Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

介 (hangeul 개, revised gae, McCune-Reischauer kae, Yale kay)

Mandarin [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

介 (pinyin jiè (jie4), Wade-Giles chieh4)

Compounds [edit]

Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

介 (giới)

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