桀

Translingual

Han character

桀 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 弓手木 (NQD), four-corner 2590₄, composition ⿱舛木)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 524, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14753
• Dae Jaweon: page 913, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1203, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6840

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Chinese

trad.		桀
simp. #		桀

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
桀	*ɡrad
傑	*ɡrad
榤	*ɡrad
嵥	*ɡrad
滐	*ɡrad
搩	*ɡrad
謋	*qʰʷraːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡrad) : phonetic 舛 (OC *tʰjonʔ) + semantic 木 (“wood”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jié (jie²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): git⁶

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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): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: git⁶
    • Yale: giht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: git⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gid⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: gjet

Rime
Character	桀
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	薛 (83)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	渠列切
Baxter	gjet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡᵚiɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/giat̚/
Li Rong	/ɡjɛt̚/
Wang Li	/ɡĭɛt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯ɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jié
Expected Cantonese Reflex	git6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*N-[k]<r>at/, /*m-[k]<r>at/, /*[k]<r>at/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡrad/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	桀	桀	桀
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jié	jié	jié
Middle Chinese	‹ gjet ›	‹ gjet ›	‹ kjet ›
Old Chinese	/*N-[k]<r>at/	/*m-[k]<r>at/	/*[k]<r>at/
English	remarkable; hero	perch for fowls	lift, raise
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	桀
Reading #	1/1
No.	6461
Phonetic component	桀
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	傑
Old Chinese	/*ɡrad/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 桀

1. chicken roost
2. Jie of Xia, an ancient emperor

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Japanese

Kanji

桀

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けつ (ketsu)
• Kun: はりつけ (haritsuke)

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Korean

Hanja

桀 (eum 걸 (geol))

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Vietnamese

Han character

桀: Hán Nôm readings: kiệt

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