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Etymology [edit]

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic  + semantic  (delicious, simplified from ) – according to the Shuowen.

Ideogrammic compound (會意) interpretations: 匕, a man tasting[1], or a spoon ()In the tab "详细解释".

Han character [edit]

(radical 72 +2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 心日 (PA), X心日 (XPA), four-corner 21601, composition)

  1. purpose, aim
  2. excellent

References [edit]

  • KangXi: page 489, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13738
  • Dae Jaweon: page 850, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1485, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+65E8

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(Yale ji2)


Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings [edit]

Compounds [edit]


Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

(hangeul , revised ji, McCune-Reischauer chi, Yale ci)


Mandarin [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(pinyin zhǐ (zhi3), Wade-Giles chih3)


Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(chỉ)

  1. royal order, decree