掣

掣 U+63A3, 掣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63A3 ← 探 [U+63A2] CJK Unified Ideographs 掤 → [U+63A4]

Translingual

Han character

掣 (radical 64, 手+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹弓手 (HNQ), four-corner 2250₂, composition ⿱制手)

References

• KangXi: page 439, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12277
• Dae Jaweon: page 789, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1889, character 4
• Unihan data for U+63A3

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		掣

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
制	*kjeds
淛	*kjeds
製	*kjeds
掣	*kʰjeds, *kʰjed
痸	*kʰjeds
猘	*kreds

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chè (che⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄜˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): zai³, cit³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): zai¹, cet²

• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhoah / chhiat

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tiag⁴ / tiêg⁴ / zi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chè
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄜˋ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻê4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zai³, cit³
    • Yale: jai, chit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzai³, tsit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: zei³, qid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐi̯³³/, /t͡sʰiːt̚³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: zai¹, cet²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sai³³/, /t͡sʰet̚⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhoah / chhiat
    • Tâi-lô: tshuah / tshiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoaq, chiad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰuaʔ³²/, /t͡ɕʰiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰuaʔ⁵/, /t͡ɕʰiɛt̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰuaʔ³²/, /t͡ɕʰiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰuaʔ³²/, /t͡ɕʰiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰuaʔ³²/, /t͡ɕʰiɛt̚³²/

Note:

• chhoah - vernacular;
• chhiat - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: tiag⁴ / tiêg⁴ / zi³
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiak / thiek / tsì
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiak̚²/, /tʰiek̚²/, /t͡si²¹³/

Note:

• tiag4 - Shantou;
• tiêg4 - Chaozhou;
• zi3 - vernacular (俗).

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕʰiᴇi^H/, /t͡ɕʰiᴇt̚/

Rime
Character	掣	掣
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	祭 (35)	薛 (81)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	尺制切	昌列切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰiᴇiH/	/t͡ɕʰiᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰiɛiH/	/t͡ɕʰiɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰjæiH/	/t͡ɕʰjæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰiajH/	/cʰiat̚/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiɛiH/	/t͡ɕʰiɛt̚/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭɛiH/	/t͡ɕʰĭɛt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛiH/	/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chì	che

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰjeds/, /*kʰjed/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	掣	掣
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	17380	17383
Phonetic component	制	制
Rime group	祭	月
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	掣	掣
Old Chinese	/*kʰjeds/	/*kʰjed/

Definitions

掣

1. drag, pull
2. hinder by pulling back
3. (Cantonese) button, push button

   電掣 / 电掣 [Cantonese]  ―  din⁶ zai³ [Jyutping]  ―  electrical switch

Compounds

• 回頭掣腦／回头掣脑
• 掣光
• 掣刀 (chèdāo)
• 掣後腿／掣后腿
• 掣曳
• 掣籤／掣签
• 掣肘 (chèzhǒu)
• 掣脫／掣脱

• 掣襟肘見／掣襟肘见
• 掣襟露肘
• 掣電／掣电
• 掣驗／掣验
• 星飛電掣／星飞电掣
• 牽掣／牵掣 (qiānchè)
• 跳掣
• 輪掣／轮掣

• 轟雷掣電／轰雷掣电
• 雷轟電掣／雷轰电掣
• 電掣／电掣 (diànchè)
• 電掣星馳／电掣星驰
• 電掣風馳／电掣风驰
• 風掣雷行／风掣雷行
• 風馳電掣／风驰电掣 (fēngchídiànchè)
• 飛雲掣電／飞云掣电

References

• “掣”, 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–

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Japanese

Kanji

掣

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せい (sei), せつ (setsu)
• Kun: ひく (hiku)

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Korean

Hanja

掣 • (che, cheol) (hangeul 체, 철)

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Vietnamese

Han character

掣 (xiết, xế, xía, siết)

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