介

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 Descendants 1.1.2 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.1.2 Compounds 3.1.3 Related terms 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.1.1 Compounds 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

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

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

[edit] Descendants

• ケ

[edit] References

• 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

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

介 (Yale gaai3)

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

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

介 (common kanji)

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

[edit] Readings

• On: かい (kai)
• Kun: たすける (tasukeru), すけ (suke)

[edit] Compounds

• 介意
• 介懐
• 介居
• 介護
• 介在
• 介子
• 介錯
• 介助
• 介心
• 介入
• 介馬
• 介抱
• 介殻
• 介甲
• 介党鱈
• 介病
• 介卵
• 介鱗

[edit] Related terms

• 介する
• 介添え

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

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

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

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

[edit] Compounds

• 介词
• 介乎
• 介怀
• 介壳
• 介然
• 介入
• 介绍
• 介绍人
• 介绍信
• 介意
• 介音
• 介于
• 介质
• 介子
• 紹介, 绍介

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

介 (giới)