桎

桎 U+684E, 桎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-684E ← 桍 [U+684D] CJK Unified Ideographs 桏 → [U+684F]

Translingual

Han character

桎 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 木一戈土 (DMIG), four-corner 4191₄, composition ⿰木至)

Derived characters

• 𬂿, 𣉴

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 525, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14768
• Dae Jaweon: page 914, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1197, character 8
• Unihan data for U+684E

Chinese

simp. and trad.		桎

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
致	*tiɡs
輊	*tiɡs
駤	*tiɡs
跮	*tʰiɡs, *tʰiɡ
荎	*di, *diːɡ
緻	*diɡs
至	*tjiɡs
鵄	*tʰji
胵	*tʰji
痓	*tʰjiɡs
咥	*hriɡs, *tiːɡ, *diːɡ, *tʰiɡ
窒	*tiːɡ, *tiɡ
蛭	*tiːɡ, *tiɡ, *tjiɡ
垤	*diːɡ
耋	*diːɡ
姪	*diːɡ, *diɡ
絰	*diːɡ
恎	*diːɡ
挃	*tiɡ
庢	*tiɡ
銍	*tiɡ, *tjiɡ
秷	*tiɡ
螲	*tiɡ
侄	*diɡ, *tjiɡ
桎	*tjiɡ
郅	*tjiɡ
晊	*tjiɡ
室	*hliɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tjiɡ): semantic 木 + phonetic 至 (OC *tjiɡs).

Etymology

Compare perhaps Burmese ထိတ် (htit, “shackles”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhì (zhi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zat⁶
• Eastern Min (BUC): dék
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chit

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhìh
    • Wade–Giles: chih⁴
    • Yale: jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyh
    • Palladius: чжи (čži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zat⁶
    • Yale: jaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐt̚²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dék
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛiʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit
    • Tâi-lô: tsit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cid
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sit̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyit

Rime
Character	桎
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	質 (48)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	之日切
Baxter	tsyit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cit̚/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiĕt̚/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭĕt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zat1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjiɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	桎
Reading #	1/1
No.	17368
Phonetic component	至
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	質
Old Chinese	/*tjiɡ/

Definitions

桎

1. fetters, shackles, handcuffs
2. (Eastern Min) to seize

Compounds

• 桎梏 (zhìgù)
• 槎桎

Japanese

Kanji

桎

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: しち (shichi)
• Kan-on: しつ (shitsu)
• Kun: あしかせ (ashikase, 桎)

Korean

Hanja

桎 (eum 질 (jil))

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Vietnamese

Nom glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, chuối): semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 至 (chí).

Han character

桎: Hán Việt readings: trất, chất
桎: Nôm readings: chuối

1. chữ Nôm form of chuối (“banana”)