戟

See also: 㦸

戟 U+621F, 戟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-621F ← 戞 [U+621E] CJK Unified Ideographs 戠 → [U+6220]

Translingual

Han character

戟 (Kangxi radical 62, 戈+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 十十戈 (JJI), four-corner 4345₀, composition ⿰𠦝戈)

Derived characters

• 𠽤, 撠, 橶, 𧾂, 𦻝, 𩯋

Related characters

• 㦸 (Variant form)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 413, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11606
• Dae Jaweon: page 755, character 36
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1407, character 7
• Unihan data for U+621F

Chinese

simp. and trad.		戟
alternative forms		屰 㦸 𢧢 ⿰䈇戈 ⿰⿱亠早戈 屰 㦸 𢧢 ⿰䈇戈 ⿰⿱亠早戈 ⿰𠦝⿱𠂉戈

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
戟	*kraɡ
撠	*kraɡ

Reduced form of 𢧢: Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 倝 (“branch, reduction of 榦”) + 戈 (“weapon on pole”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐ (ji³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gik¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chi³
    • Yale: jǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jii
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gik¹
    • Yale: gīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: gig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kek
    • Tâi-lô: kik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪk̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: kjaek

Rime
Character	戟
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	庚 (115)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	几劇切
Baxter	kjaek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiæk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚiak̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kiak̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kiajk̚/
Li Rong	/kiɐk̚/
Wang Li	/kĭɐk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kiɐk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ji
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gik1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]rak/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kraɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	戟
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ kjæk ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]rak/
English	a kind of lance
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	戟
Reading #	1/1
No.	5807
Phonetic component	戟
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	戟
Old Chinese	/*kraɡ/

Definitions

戟

1. halberd with both a crescent blade and spear tip used in ancient China
2. to stimulate; to provoke

Compounds

• 亡戟得矛
• 刀鎗劍戟／刀枪剑戟
• 劍戟森森／剑戟森森
• 句戟
• 執戟／执戟 (zhíjǐ)
• 巴戟天 (bājǐtiān)
• 戟手
• 戟指
• 戟指怒目
• 戟門／戟门 (Jǐmén)
• 戲戟／戏戟
• 折戟沉沙 (zhéjǐchénshā)
• 持戟 (chíjǐ)
• 提牌執戟／提牌执戟
• 方天戟 (fāngtiānjǐ)
• 方天畫戟／方天画戟 (fāngtiān huàjǐ)
• 星旗電戟／星旗电戟
• 杖戟
• 棨戟
• 畫戟／画戟 (huàjǐ)
• 短戟 (duǎnjǐ)
• 葦戟桃杖／苇戟桃杖
• 貫頤奮戟／贯颐奋戟
• 轅門射戟／辕门射戟
• 鉤戟／钩戟
• 門戟／门戟
• 雙戟／双戟
• 驢生戟角／驴生戟角
• 鬚髯如戟／须髯如戟

 

Japanese

Kanji

戟

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. type of weapon (halberd or spear)

Readings

• Go-on: きゃく (kyaku)
• Kan-on: けき (keki)
• Kan’yō-on: げき (geki)
• Kun: ほこ (hoko, 戟)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
戟
げき Jinmeiyō
kan’yōon

From Middle Chinese 戟 (MC kjaek).

Noun

戟(げき) • (geki) 

1. Ji (halberd used in ancient China)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
戟
ほこ Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 戟 – see the following entry.

【矛ほこ】S [noun] a Chinese spear; a lance; a halberd Alternative spellings 鉾, 鋒, 戈

(This term, 戟, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

戟 (eum 극 (geuk))

1. Hanja form^? of 극 (“Ji, halberd used in ancient China”).

Vietnamese

Han character

戟: Hán Nôm readings: kích

1. chữ Hán form of kích (“Ji, halberd used in ancient China”).