櫛

See also: 栉

櫛 U+2F8ED, 櫛 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8ED ← 𣚣 [U+2F8EC] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 㰘 → [U+2F8EE]

Translingual

Han character

櫛 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+15, 19 strokes, cangjie input 木竹日中 (DHAL), four-corner 4892₇, composition ⿰木節)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 560, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15817
• Dae Jaweon: page 949, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1302, character 8
• Unihan data for U+6ADB

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Chinese

trad.		櫛
simp.		栉

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhì, jié

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ, ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zit³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chit / sat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhìh
    • Wade–Giles: chih⁴
    • Yale: jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyh
    • Palladius: чжи (čži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • 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: zit³
    • Yale: jit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: jid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chit
    • Tâi-lô: tsit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cid
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sit̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sit̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sat
    • Tâi-lô: sat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sad
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sat̚⁵/

Note:

• chit - literary;
• sat - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: tsrit

Rime
Character	櫛
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	莊 (18)
Final (韻)	櫛 (51)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	阻瑟切
Baxter	tsrit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂɪt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃiet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂit̚/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃiĕt̚/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃĭet̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂi̯æt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhe
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zat1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsriɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	櫛
Reading #	1/1
No.	5721
Phonetic component	即
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	櫛
Old Chinese	/*ʔsriɡ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 櫛

1. comb
2. to comb out
3. to weed out; to eliminate

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Japanese

Kanji

櫛

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• Go-on: しち (shichi)
• Kan-on: しつ (shitsu)
• Kun: くし (kushi, 櫛); くしけずる (kushikezuru, 櫛る)

Compounds

Compounds

• 朝日櫛(あさひぐし) (asahigushi)
• 粗櫛(あらぐし) (aragushi)
• 馬櫛(うまぐし) (umagushi)
• 於六櫛(おろくぐし) (orokugushi)
• 形見(かたみ)の櫛(くし) (katami no kushi)
• 櫛占(くしうら) (kushiura)
• 櫛置(くしお)き (kushioki)
• 櫛押(くしお)さえ (kushiosae)
• 櫛形(くしがた) (kushigata)
• 櫛巾(くしきん) (kushikin)
• 櫛水母(くしくらげ) (kushikurage)
• 櫛笥(くしげ) (kushige)
• 櫛田(くしだ) (Kushida): A surname.
• 櫛道具(くしどうぐ) (kushidōgu)
• 櫛(くし)の歯(は)が欠(か)けたよう (kushi no wa ga kaketa yō)
• 櫛(くし)の歯(は)の如(ごと)し (kushi no wa no gotoshi)
• 櫛(くし)の歯(は)を挽(ひ)く (kushi no wa o hiku)
• 櫛箱(くしばこ) (kushibako)
• 櫛払(くしはら)い (kushiharai)
• 櫛引(くしひ)き (kushihiki), 櫛挽(くしひ)き (kushihiki)
• 櫛巻(くしま)き (kushimaki)
• 櫛目(くしめ) (kushime)
• 源氏(げんじ)物(もの)語(がたり)玉(たま)の小(お)櫛(くじ) (Genji Monogatari Tama no Okuji)
• 源内櫛(げんないぐし) (gennaigushi)
• 挿(さ)し櫛(ぐし) (sashigushi)
• 櫛比(しっぴ) (shippi)
• 櫛風(しっぷう)沐(もく)雨(う) (shippūmokū)
• 梳(す)き櫛(ぐし) (sukigushi)
• 月(つき)形(がた)櫛(ぐし) (tsukigatagushi)
• 筑(つく)紫(し)櫛(ぐし) (tsukushigushi)
• 黄楊(つげ)櫛(ぐし) (tsugegushi)
• 手(て)櫛(ぐし) (tegushi)
• 唐(とう)櫛(ぐし) (tōgushi)
• 解(と)き櫛(ぐし) (tokigushi)
• 投(な)げ櫛(ぐし) (nagegushi), 擲(な)げ櫛(ぐし) (nagegushi)
• 撫(な)で付(つ)け櫛(ぐし) (nadetsukegushi)
• 二枚櫛(にまいぐし) (nimaigushi)
• 塗(ぬ)り櫛(ぐし) (nurigushi)
• 花(はな)櫛(ぐし) (hanagushi)
• 額(ひたい)櫛(ぐし) (hitaigushi)
• 平(ひら)櫛(くし) (Hirakushi): A surname.
• 鬢(びん)櫛(ぐし) (bingushi)
• 二(ふた)つ櫛(ぐし) (futatsugushi)
• 法師(ほうし)の櫛(くし)貯(だくわ)え (hōshi no kushidakuwae)
• 真(ま)櫛(くし) (makushi)
• 水(みず)櫛(ぐし) (mizugushi)
• 有櫛(ゆうしつ)動物(どうぶつ) (yūshitsudōbutsu)
• 横(よこ)櫛(ぐし) (yokogushi)
• 別(わか)れの櫛(くし) (wakare no kushi)

Kanji in this term
櫛
くし Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology

Cognate with 串 (kushi, “skewer”).

Noun

櫛(くし) • (kushi) 

1. comb

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Korean

Hanja

櫛 (eum 즐 (jeul))

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Vietnamese

Han character

櫛: Hán Nôm readings: trất

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References

• Nom Foundation