截

截 U+622A, 截 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-622A ← 戩 [U+6229] CJK Unified Ideographs 戫 → [U+622B]

Translingual

Han character

截 (Kangxi radical 62, 戈+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 十戈人土 (JIOG), four-corner 4325₀, composition ⿹𢦏隹)

References

• KangXi: page 413, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11639
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1409, character 9
• Unihan data for U+622A

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		截
alternative forms		𢧵

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
巀	*zaːd, *zeːd
截	*zeːd
蠽	*ʔsed

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *zeːd): phonetic 雀 (OC *ʔsewɢ) + semantic 戈.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jié (jie²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zit⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chiet
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chia̍t / choe̍h / che̍h / cha̍h

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zoih⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jié
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Wade–Giles: chieh2
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jye
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jié
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjɛ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiér
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊㄦ
    • Wade–Giles: chierh2
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jye'l
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiér
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjɛɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zit⁶
    • Yale: jiht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jid⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chiet
    • Hakka Romanization System: jied`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: jiad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕi̯et̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciat
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɛt̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɛt̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choe̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tsue̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoeh
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /t͡sueʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sueʔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: che̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tse̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeh
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡seʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡seʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cha̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tsa̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zah
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡saʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡saʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡saʔ⁴/

Note:

• chia̍t - literary;
• choe̍h/che̍h - vernacular;
• cha̍h - might be 閘 in Taiwan.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: zoih⁸
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tso̍ih
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soiʔ⁴/

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• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[dz]ˤet/

  (Zhengzhang): /*zeːd/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	截
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jié
Middle Chinese	‹ dzet ›
Old Chinese	/*[dz]ˁet/
English	cut, trim
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	截
Reading #	1/1
No.	6471
Phonetic component	截
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	𢧵
Old Chinese	/*zeːd/
Notes	說文作從戈雀聲， 疑會意

Definitions

截

1. to cut off; to sever
2. to bar; to stop; to obstruct; to block
3. to close; to end
4. section
5. Classifier for sections or lengths of objects.
6. neat; well-ordered; orderly
7. Alternative form of 接 (jiē, “to pick up”).

Compounds

Derived terms from 截

• 下截
• 不割不截
• 侵截
• 侵截者
• 兩截／两截
• 兩截子／两截子
• 半截 (bànjié)
• 半截入土
• 半截塔
• 半截漢子／半截汉子
• 半截門兒／半截门儿
• 土埋半截
• 堵截 (dǔjié)
• 截住 (jiézhù)
• 截取 (jiéqǔ)
• 截圖／截图 (jiétú)
• 截塔
• 截奪／截夺
• 截尾
• 截屏 (jiépíng)
• 截彎取直／截弯取直
• 截截
• 截拳道 (jiéquándào)
• 截擊／截击
• 截收
• 截數／截数
• 截斷／截断 (jiéduàn)
• 截斷眾流／截断众流

• 截日
• 截板
• 截止 (jiézhǐ)
• 截止日期 (jiézhǐ rìqī)
• 截流
• 截流管
• 截然 (jiérán)
• 截然不同 (jiéránbùtóng)
• 截獲／截获 (jiéhuò)
• 截留
• 截癱／截瘫 (jiétān)
• 截短拳
• 截碼機／截码机
• 截稿 (jiégǎo)
• 截線／截线
• 截肢 (jiézhī)
• 截胡 (jiéhú)
• 截至 (jiézhì)
• 截至……止
• 截至目前
• 截蒲為牒／截蒲为牒
• 截趾適屨／截趾适屦
• 截距 (jiéjù)
• 截路 (jiélù)
• 截鐙留鞭／截镫留鞭
• 截長補短／截长补短
• 截門／截门
• 截開／截开

• 截面 (jiémiàn)
• 截頭渡／截头渡
• 截髮／截发
• 截髮留賓／截发留宾
• 截齊／截齐
• 打家截道
• 打截
• 攔截／拦截 (lánjié)
• 攔截機／拦截机
• 攔截網／拦截网
• 斬截／斩截
• 斬釘截鐵／斩钉截铁 (zhǎndīngjiétiě)
• 斬鋼截鐵／斩钢截铁
• 斷章截句／断章截句
• 橫截／横截
• 橫截面／横截面 (héngjiémiàn)
• 涼了半截／凉了半截
• 直截 (zhíjié)
• 直截了當／直截了当 (zhíjiéliǎodàng)
• 矮了半截
• 矮人一截
• 簡截了當／简截了当
• 翦截鋪／翦截铺
• 腰截
• 豁口截舌
• 阻截
• 雙截棍／双截棍
• 齊截／齐截 (qíjie)

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Japanese

Kanji

截

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. to cut, to sever

Readings

• Go-on: ぜち (zechi)
• Kan-on: せつ (setsu)
• Kan’yō-on: さい (sai)
• Kun: たつ (tatsu, 截つ); きる (kiru, 截る)

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 截 (*dzhet). Compare modern Cantonese 截 (zit⁶).

Pronunciation

• On'yomi, specifically kan'on
• IPA^(key): [se̞t͡sɯᵝ]

Affix

截(せつ) • (setsu) 

1. section
2. cut
3. sever

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 截枝 (せっし, ​sesshi): a method of pruning, whereby tree branches are removed to prompt new growth at the site of the old branches
• 截取 (せっしゅ, ​sesshu): cutting off, cutting away
• 截然 (せつぜん, ​setsuzen): clearly delineated, clearly distinct; clearly cut away
• 截断 (せつだん, ​setsudan): cutting something out, off, or away; amputation; a section or cross-section, as in mathematics
• 截断言 (せつだんげん, ​setsudangen): archaic term for 終止形 (shūshikei, “terminal form”)
• 截頭 (せっとう, ​settō): a clipped point, as when a leaf or flower-petal tip is snipped

• 直截 (ちょくせつ, ​chokusetsu): direct, straightforward

Etymology 2

Probably originally a misreading based on this character's visual and semantic similarity to 裁, commonly read as sai.

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: specifically kan'yōyomi
• IPA^(key): [sa̠i]

Affix

截(さい) • (sai) 

1. section
2. cut
3. sever

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 截金 (さいきん, ​saikin): thin layers of gold leaf cut into various shapes
• 截然 (さいぜん, ​saizen): clearly delineated, clearly distinct
• 截断 (さいだん, ​saidan): distinction between right and wrong; cutting cloth, paper, or some other substance into a defined pattern or shape
• 截留 (さいりゅう, ​sairyū): embezzlement by government officials in ancient Japan
• 截癱 (さいなん, ​sainan): a kind of motor paralysis in the lower leg or lower torso, due to spinal damage or chronic alcoholism

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 截 (*dzhet).

Hanja

Wikisource

截 (eumhun 끊을 절 (kkeuneul jeol))

1. Hanja form^? of 절 (“sever”).

   Synonym: 切 (절 (jeol))

   Synonym: 絶 (절 (jeol))

Compounds

Compounds

• 절취 (截取, jeolchwi, “cutting off, cutting away”)
• 절취선 (截取線, jeolchwiseon, “perforated line”)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

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Vietnamese

Han character

截: Hán Nôm readings: tiệt, sịt, tét, tĩu

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