孑

See also: 孓, 子, 才, and 扌

孑 U+5B51, 孑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B51 ← 子 [U+5B50] CJK Unified Ideographs 孒 → [U+5B52]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

孑 (Kangxi radical 39, 子+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 弓弓一 (NNM), four-corner 1740₇, composition ⿻了㇀)

Derived characters

• 𥝔, 𥾌, 𨥂, 𥁂

References

• KangXi: page 277, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6931
• Dae Jaweon: page 544, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1008, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5B51

Chinese

simp. and trad.		孑
alternative forms		𡤼

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 孑
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
孑	*ked
𨥂	*ked

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jié (jie²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kit³, git³
• Min Nan (POJ): khiat
• Wu (Wiktionary): ⁴qioq; ⁴qiq; ⁴qyq

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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): /t͡ɕjɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kit³, git³
    • Yale: kit, git
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kit⁸, git⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: kid³, gid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːt̚³/, /kiːt̚³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiat
    • Tâi-lô: khiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɛt̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɛt̚³²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: ⁴qioq; ⁴qiq; ⁴qyq
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊʔ⁵⁵/, /t͡ɕʰi̯ɪʔ⁵⁵/, /t͡ɕʰɥ̯ɪʔ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /kˠiᴇt̚/

Rime
Character	孑
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	仙 (83)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居列切
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/

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/

Definitions

孑

1. alone; lonely

   孑孑  ―  jiéjié  ―  outstanding

2. left-over; remaining
3. Used in 孑孓 (jiéjué).
4. a surname

Compounds

• 孑孑 (jiéjié)
• 孑孓 (jiéjué)
• 孑然 (jiérán)
• 孑然一身 (jiérányīshēn)
• 孑立 (jiélì)
• 孑身

• 孤孑 (gūjié)
• 孑然無依／孑然无依
• 孑義／孑义
• 孑遺／孑遗 (jiéyí)
• 殆無孑遺／殆无孑遗
• 無復孑遺／无复孑遗

• 煢孑／茕孑
• 煢煢孑立／茕茕孑立 (qióngqióngjiélì)
• 煦仁孑義／煦仁孑义
• 矯孑／矫孑
• 靡有孑遺／靡有孑遗

References

• “孑”, 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

孑

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: けち (kechi)
• Kan-on: けつ (ketsu)
• Kan’yō-on: げつ (getsu)
• Kun: ひとり (hitori, 孑)

Korean

Hanja

孑, eum 혈 (hyeol)

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Vietnamese

Han character

孑: Hán Nôm readings: két

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References

• Nom Foundation