劼

劼 U+52BC, 劼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52BC ← 劻 [U+52BB] CJK Unified Ideographs 劽 → [U+52BD]

Translingual

Han character

劼 (Kangxi radical 19, 力+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 土口大尸 (GRKS), four-corner 4462₇, composition ⿰吉力)

1. be discreet, prudent, cautious
2. surname

Derived characters

• 𢮌, 𩷻

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 147, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2338
• Dae Jaweon: page 331, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 369, character 11
• Unihan data for U+52BC

Chinese

simp. and trad.		劼

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jié (jie²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kit³

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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: kit³
    • Yale: kit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: kid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːt̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: kheat

Rime
Character	劼
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	山 (75)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	恪八切
Baxter	kheat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠɛt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰᵚæt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰəɨt̚/
Li Rong	/kʰɛt̚/
Wang Li	/kʰæt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰat̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qia
Expected Cantonese Reflex	haat3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰriːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	劼
Reading #	1/1
No.	5675
Phonetic component	吉
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	𤫶
Old Chinese	/*kʰriːd/

Definitions

劼

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References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 72

Japanese

Kanji

劼

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: けち (kechi)
• Kan-on: かつ (katsu)
• Kun: かたい (katai, 劼い); つつしむ (tsutsushimu, 劼しむ); つとめる (tsutomeru, 劼める)

Korean

Hanja

劼 • (hal) (hangeul 할, revised hal, McCune–Reischauer hal)

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