仡

仡 U+4EE1, 仡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EE1 ← 仠 [U+4EE0] CJK Unified Ideographs 仢 → [U+4EE2]

Translingual

Han character

仡 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 人人弓 (OON), four-corner 2821₇, composition ⿰亻乞)

1. upright
2. towering
3. brave, strong

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 93, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 382
• Dae Jaweon: page 197, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 114, character 5
• Unihan data for U+4EE1

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 仡
Small seal script s05712
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (乞) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
乞	*kʰɯds, *kʰɯd
盵	*kʰɯds
齕	*ɡɯːd, *ɡuːd
紇	*ɡɯːd, *ɡuːd
籺	*ɡɯːd
圪	*ŋrɯd, *ŋɯd
訖	*kɯd
吃	*kɯd
扢	*kɯd, *kuːd, *ɡuːd
疙	*ŋɯd
屹	*ŋɯd
仡	*ŋɯd, *hŋɯd
迄	*hŋɯd
釳	*hŋɯd
忔	*hŋɯd
汔	*hŋɯd
矻	*kʰuːd
麧	*ɡuːd

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		仡
alternative forms		㐹 brave; strong 圪 tall; towering

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yì
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴
    • Yale: yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngat⁶
    • Yale: ngaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nged⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: xj+t, ngj+t

Rime
Character	仡	仡
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	迄 (58)	迄 (58)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	許迄切	魚迄切
Baxter	xj+t	ngj+t
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨt̚/	/ŋɨt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hɨt̚/	/ŋɨt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xiət̚/	/ŋiət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨt̚/	/ŋɨt̚/
Li Rong	/xiət̚/	/ŋiət̚/
Wang Li	/xĭət̚/	/ŋĭət̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi̯ət̚/	/ŋi̯ət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xi	yì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hat1	ngat6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ŋ]ət/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋɯd/, /*hŋɯd/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	仡
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yì
Middle Chinese	‹ ngjɨt ›
Old Chinese	/*[ŋ]ət/
English	great, powerful
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	仡	仡
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	10086	10088
Phonetic component	乞	乞
Rime group	物	物
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	疙
Old Chinese	/*ŋɯd/	/*hŋɯd/

Definitions

仡

1. brave; strong
2. to raise one's head
3. tall; towering

Compounds

• 仡仡
• 仡勇
• 仡栗
• 仡然
• 仡立

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 仡 – see 𦨉. (This character is a variant form of 𦨉).

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		仡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gē (ge¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): go¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gē
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ge
    • Wade–Giles: ko¹
    • Yale: gē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ge
    • Palladius: гэ (gɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: go¹
    • Yale: gō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: go¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: go¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔː⁵⁵/

Definitions

仡

1. Only used in 仡佬 (gēlǎo).

Compounds

• 仡佬 (gēlǎo)
• 仡佬族 (gēlǎozú)
• 仡佬語／仡佬语 (gēlǎoyǔ)

 

Japanese

Kanji

仡

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. strong
2. valiant

Readings

• Go-on: こち (kochi); ごち (gochi)
• Kan-on: きつ (kitsu)
• Kun: いさましい (isamashii, 仡ましい)

Korean

Hanja

仡 (eumhun 날랠 흘 (nallael heul))

1. quick
2. high
3. shake