頡

See also: 颉

頡 U+9821, 頡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9821 ← 頠 [U+9820] CJK Unified Ideographs 頢 → [U+9822]

Translingual

Han character

頡 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+6, 15 strokes, cangjie input 土口一月金 (GRMBC), four-corner 4168₆, composition ⿰吉頁)

1. fly upward, soar
2. contest
3. to rob

Derived characters

• 𭀂, 𭋴, 𫹧, 擷(撷), 𤂌, 𤢺, 𬅁, 𥜝, 襭(𮖱), 纈(缬), 𧀺

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1403, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43452
• Dae Jaweon: page 1920, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4367, character 6
• Unihan data for U+9821

Chinese

trad.		頡
simp.		颉

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kriːd, *ɡiːd) : phonetic 吉 (OC *klid) + semantic 頁 (“head”).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xié, jié (xie², jie²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˊ, ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kit³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xié
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sié
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh²
    • Yale: syé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shye
    • Palladius: се (se)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
      
  • (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/

Note: jié — used in 倉頡／仓颉 (Cāngjié) and derived terms.

• 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: het

Rime
Character	頡
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	屑 (87)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	胡結切
Baxter	het
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦet̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦet̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɛt̚/
Li Rong	/ɣet̚/
Wang Li	/ɣiet̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣiet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xié
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jit6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡiːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	頡
Reading #	2/2
No.	5687
Phonetic component	吉
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	纈
Old Chinese	/*ɡiːd/

Definitions

頡

1. to fly up
2. to straighten the neck
3. a surname

Compounds

• 倉頡／仓颉 (Cāngjié)
• 倉頡篇／仓颉篇 (Cāngjiépiān)
• 快碼倉頡／快码仓颉
• 抗頡作用／抗颉作用
• 頡滑／颉滑
• 頡頏／颉颃 (xiéháng)
• 頡頏之行／颉颃之行

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiá (jia²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaat³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiá
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiá
    • Wade–Giles: chia²
    • Yale: jyá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jya
    • Palladius: цзя (czja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gaat³
    • Yale: gaat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: gad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːt̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: keat

Rime
Character	頡
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	鎋 (75)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古黠切
Baxter	keat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠɛt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚæt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəɨt̚/
Li Rong	/kɛt̚/
Wang Li	/kæt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kat̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jia
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaat3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kriːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	頡
Reading #	1/2
No.	5674
Phonetic component	吉
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	戛
Old Chinese	/*kriːd/

Definitions

頡

1. to embezzle; to rob
2. Used in 頡羹／颉羹.

Compounds

• 丐頡／丐颉
• 盜頡／盗颉
• 羹頡／羹颉
• 邀頡／邀颉
• 頡山／颉山
• 頡羹／颉羹

 

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jié (jie²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): git³

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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: git³
    • Yale: git
    • Cantonese Pinyin: git⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: gid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːt̚³/

Definitions

頡

1. Alternative form of 桔, only used in 頡皋／颉皋.

Compounds

• 頡橋／颉桥
• 頡皋／颉皋
• 頡臯／颉臯

 

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04550
• “頡”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

頡

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: けち (kechi); げち (gechi)
• Kan-on: かつ (katsu); けつ (ketsu)
• Kan’yō-on: きつ (kitsu)
• Kun: おおきい (ōkī); かすめとる (kasumetoru)

Korean

Hanja

頡 • (hil, gal) (hangeul 힐, 갈, revised hil, gal, McCune–Reischauer hil, kal, Yale hil, kal)

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Vietnamese

Han character

頡: Hán Nôm readings: gật, hiệt, hệt

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