孑孑

See also: 孑孓

Chinese

		alone; mosquito larvae; small	alone; mosquito larvae; small
simp. and trad. (孑孑)		孑	孑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiéjié

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kit³ kit³, git³ git³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiéjié
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiéjié
    • Wade–Giles: chieh²-chieh²
    • Yale: jyé-jyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyejye
    • Palladius: цзецзе (czecze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 孑孑 節節／节节 結節／结节

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kit³ kit³, git³ git³
    • Yale: kit kit, git git
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kit⁸ kit⁸, git⁸ git⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: kid³ kid³, gid³ gid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːt̚³ kʰiːt̚³/, /kiːt̚³ kiːt̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: kjet kjet

Rime
Character	孑
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	薛 (83)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居列切
Baxter	kjet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚiɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kiæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kiat̚/
Li Rong	/kjɛt̚/
Wang Li	/kĭɛt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯ɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jie
Expected Cantonese Reflex	git3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ked  ked/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	孑
Reading #	1/1
No.	6435
Phonetic component	孑
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	孑
Old Chinese	/*ked/

Adjective

孑孑

1. (literary, ideophonic) outstanding; prominent; conspicuous
2. (literary, ideophonic) tiny; minute
3. (literary, ideophonic) alone; lonely

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (孑孑):

• → Japanese: 孑孑(けつけつ) (ketsuketsu)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
孑	孑
けつ Hyōgaiji	けつ Hyōgaiji
kan’on

Alternative spelling
孑々

From Middle Chinese 孑孑 (MC kjet kjet).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) けつけつ [kètsúkétsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ke̞t͡sɨᵝke̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Adjective

孑(けつ)孑(けつ) • (ketsuketsu) ^†-tari (adnominal 孑(けつ)孑(けつ)とした (ketsuketsu to shita) or 孑(けつ)孑(けつ)たる (ketsuketsu taru), adverbial 孑(けつ)孑(けつ)と (ketsuketsu to) or 孑(けつ)孑(けつ)として (ketsuketsu to shite))

1. alone, lonely
2. conspicuous, outstanding
3. minute, tiny

Noun

孑(けつ)孑(けつ) • (ketsuketsu) 

1. a wriggler (mosquito larva)

   Synonym: 棒振り虫 (bōfurimushi)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
孑	孑
ぼうふら
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
jukujikun

Alternative spellings
孑孒 棒振

First attested in the Edo period. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Shift from bōfuri (see below).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぼーふら [bòófúrá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [bo̞ːɸɯ̟ᵝɾa̠]

Noun

孑孑(ぼうふら) or 孑孑(ボウフラ) • (bōfura) ^{←ばうふら (baufura) or バウフラ (baufura)?}

1. a wriggler (mosquito larva)

   Synonym: 棒振り虫 (bōfurimushi)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
孑	孑
ぼうふり
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
jukujikun

Alternative spellings
孑孒 棒振

Shortened from 棒振り虫 (bōfurimushi, literally “stick-waving insect”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぼーふり [bòófúrí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [bo̞ːɸɯ̟ᵝɾʲi]

Noun

孑孑(ぼうふり) • (bōfuri) ^{←ばうふり (baufuri)?}

1. a wriggler (mosquito larva)

See also

• 蚊(カ) (ka, “mosquito”)
• 棒振(ぼうふ)り (bōfuri)