揤

揤 U+63E4, 揤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63E4 ← 揣 [U+63E3] CJK Unified Ideographs 揥 → [U+63E5]

揤 U+2F8BD, 揤 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8BD ← 掃 [U+2F8BC] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 𢯱 → [U+2F8BE]

Translingual

Han character

揤 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 手日戈中 (QAIL), four-corner 5702₀, composition ⿰扌即)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 443, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12373
• Dae Jaweon: page 794, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1920, character 4
• Unihan data for U+63E4

• Unihan data for U+2F8BD

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
卪	*ʔsiːɡ
癤	*ʔsiːɡ
幯	*ʔsiːɡ
節	*ʔsiːɡ
蝍	*ʔsiːɡ, *ʔsiɡ, *ʔsɯɡ
蠞	*ziːɡ
堲	*ʔsiɡ, *ʔsɯɡ, *zɯɡ
唧	*ʔsiɡ, *ʔsɯɡ
楖	*ʔsiɡ, *ʔsriɡ, *ʔsɯɡ
揤	*ziɡ, *ʔsɯɡ
櫛	*ʔsriɡ
瀄	*ʔsriɡ
擳	*ʔsriɡ
即	*ʔsɯɡ
鯽	*ʔsɯɡ, *ʔseɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ziɡ, *ʔsɯɡ) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 即 (OC *ʔsɯɡ).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		揤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jí (ji²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zat¹, zeot¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jí
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jí
    • Wade–Giles: chi²
    • Yale: jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyi
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zat¹, zeot¹
    • Yale: jāt, jēut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzat⁷, dzoet⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: zed¹, zêd¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐt̚⁵/, /t͡sɵt̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: dzit, tsik

Rime
Character	揤	揤
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	眞 (48)	蒸 (134)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	秦悉切	子力切
Baxter	dzit	tsik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziɪt̚/	/t͡sɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zit̚/	/t͡sɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zjet̚/	/t͡siek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zit̚/	/t͡sik̚/
Li Rong	/d͡ziĕt̚/	/t͡siək̚/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭĕt̚/	/t͡sĭək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯ĕt̚/	/t͡si̯ək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jí	ji
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zat6	zik1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ziɡ/, /*ʔsɯɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	揤	揤
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	5720	5731
Phonetic component	即	即
Rime group	質	職
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	疾	即
Old Chinese	/*ziɡ/	/*ʔsɯɡ/

Definitions

揤

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		揤
alternative forms		𢯩／𫼤 廿 Teochew

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhi̍h / ji̍h / li̍h / chhī / jī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): rih⁸

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Lukang, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Hsinchu, Kinmen, Jinjiang, Philippines, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhi̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tshi̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chih
    • IPA (Lukang): /t͡sʰiʔ³⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan): /t͡sʰiʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰiʔ⁴³/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /t͡sʰiʔ⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /t͡sʰiʔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ji̍h
    • Tâi-lô: ji̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jih
    • IPA (Tainan): /d͡ziʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ziʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ziʔ¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Kinmen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: li̍h
    • Tâi-lô: li̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lih
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /liʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /liʔ⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Sanxia, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhī
    • Tâi-lô: tshī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chi
    • IPA (Yilan): /t͡sʰi³³/
  • (Hokkien: Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī
    • Tâi-lô: jī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ji
    • IPA (Yilan): /d͡zi³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: rih⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ji̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡ziʔ⁴/

Definitions

揤

1. (Southern Min) to press

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 按 (“to push; to press”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		按
Mandarin	Beijing	按, 摁
	Taiwan	按
	Jinan	按, 摁
	Xi'an	按, 壓
	Wuhan	按, 逞
	Chengdu	按, 逞
	Yangzhou	捺
	Hefei	按, 捺
	Malaysia	按
	Singapore	按
Cantonese	Guangzhou	撳, 的
	Hong Kong	撳
	Macau	撳
	Yangjiang	擪
	Singapore (Guangfu)	撳
Gan	Nanchang	按, 陣
Hakka	Meixian	撳
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	撳
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	撳
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	撳
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	撳, 擪
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	撳
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	擪
	Kuching (Hepo)	撳
Jin	Taiyuan	按
Northern Min	Jian'ou	壓
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	扼
Southern Min	Xiamen	揤
	Quanzhou	揤
	Zhangzhou	揤
	Taipei	揤
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	揤
	Kaohsiung	揤
	Yilan	揤
	Changhua (Lukang)	揤
	Taichung	揤
	Tainan	揤
	Hsinchu	揤
	Kinmen	揤
	Penghu (Magong)	揤
	Penang (Hokkien)	揤, 捏
	Singapore (Hokkien)	揤, 捏
	Manila (Hokkien)	揤
	Chaozhou	揤
	Singapore (Teochew)	揤
Wu	Shanghai	撳
	Suzhou	撳
	Wuxi	撳
	Wenzhou	捺, 捼
Xiang	Changsha	捘, 按
	Shuangfeng	撳

Compounds

• 歪膏揤斜 (oai-ko-chhi̍h-chhoa̍h) (Min Nan)

 

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B01293
• “揤”, 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–
• “Query for 揤”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.