咫
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Translingual[edit]
Han character[edit]
咫 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 尸人口金 (SORC), four-corner 76808, composition ⿺尺只)
References[edit]
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 186, character 15
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3542
- Dae Jaweon: page 405, character 36
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 624, character 1
- Unihan data for U+54AB
Chinese[edit]
| trad. | 咫 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 咫 | |
| alternative forms | 𣥉 𦐖 𰭠 | |
Glyph origin[edit]
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kljeʔ) : semantic 尺 (“ruler; measuring stick”) + phonetic 只 (OC *klje, *kljeʔ)
Pronunciation[edit]
Definitions[edit]
咫
- unit of measurement during the Zhou dynasty, equal to eight cun/tsun (寸)
- † few; little
- Synonym: 少
- † short
- Synonym: 短 (duǎn)
- 北首燕路，而後遣辯士奉咫尺之書，暴其所長於燕，燕必不敢不聽從。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- Běi shǒu yàn lù, ér hòu qiǎn biàn shì fèng zhǐchǐ zhī shū, bào qí suǒ cháng yú yàn, yàn bì bùgǎn bù tīngcóng. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
北首燕路，而后遣辩士奉咫尺之书，暴其所长于燕，燕必不敢不听从。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Compounds[edit]
Japanese[edit]
Kanji[edit]
咫
Readings[edit]
Compounds[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 咫 |
| あた Hyōgaiji |
| kun’yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 尺 (uncommon) |
From Old Japanese. First cited to the Kojiki of 712, with the phonetic spelling 阿多 (ata).[1][2]
Possibly derived from verb 当つ (atu, “to place one thing against another; to touch, to come into contact”, modern verb pair 当てる (ateru, transitive), 当たる (ataru, intransitive)), from the sense of placing one's hand against something to measure it.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- [from 712] (historical, archaic) roughly corresponds to the hand (traditional unit of length; in Japan, described as originally the distance from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the middle finger (or possibly index finger) with the hand outstretched,[1][2][3][4] often defined as eight 寸 (sun, “traditional inch”) or roughly 18cm[2])
Etymology 2[edit]
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 咫 |
| た Hyōgaiji |
| kun’yomi |
From Old Japanese. Appears to be a shortening of ata.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Affix[edit]
- (historical, archaic) roughly corresponds to the hand (traditional unit of length; in Japan, described as originally the distance from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the middle finger (or possibly index finger) with the hand outstretched,[1][2][3][4] often defined as eight 寸 (sun, “traditional inch”) or roughly 18cm[2])
Usage notes[edit]
This shortened reading ta seems to only appear in compounds.
Derived terms[edit]
- 八咫鏡 (Yata no Kagami, “The Eight-Ata Mirror”, one of the Imperial Regalia of Japan)
- 八咫烏 (Yata-garasu, “The Eight-Ata Crow”, an important figure in Shinto)
Etymology 3[edit]
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 咫 |
| し Hyōgaiji |
| on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 咫 (MC tsyeX).
Pronunciation[edit]
Affix[edit]
- (historical, archaic) roughly corresponds to the hand (traditional unit of length; in Japan, described as originally the distance from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the middle finger (or possibly index finger) with the hand outstretched,[1][2][3][4] often defined as eight 寸 (sun, “traditional inch”) or roughly 18cm[2])
Usage notes[edit]
Only appears in compounds.
Derived terms[edit]
- 咫尺 (shiseki, “nearby; a short distance”)
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 “咫・尺”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 “咫”, in デジタル大辞泉[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Chinese 咫 (MC tsyeX).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕi]
- Phonetic hangul: [지]
Hanja[edit]
咫 (eumhun 여덟 치 지 (yeodeol chi ji))
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Compounds[edit]
References[edit]
Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
咫: Hán Việt readings: chỉ[1]
咫: Nôm readings: chỉ[1]
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