漆

See also: 柒

漆 U+6F06, 漆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6F06 ← 漅 [U+6F05] CJK Unified Ideographs 漇 → [U+6F07]

Translingual

Han character

漆 (radical 85, 水+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 水木人水 (EDOE), four-corner 3413₂, composition ⿰氵桼)

References

• KangXi: page 644, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18108
• Dae Jaweon: page 1053, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1716, character 9
• Unihan data for U+6F06

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		漆
alternative forms		溙 桼 㲺 second round simplified

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
漆	*sʰiɡ
桼	*sʰiɡ
膝	*siɡ
厀	*siɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sʰiɡ): semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 桼 (OC *sʰiɡ). From earlier 桼 (OC *sʰiɡ, “varnish; lacquer”).

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-tsəj (“medicine; juice; paint”). Cognate with Jingpho tsì (“medicine”), Tibetan རྩི (rtsi, “juice; fluid; paint”), Burmese ဆေး (hce:, “medicine; potion; poison; paint”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): qī (qi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ

  (Chengdu, SP): qi²

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): cat¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): tit²

• Gan (Wiktionary): qit⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhit

  (Meixian, Guangdong): qid⁵

• Jin (Wiktionary): qieh⁴
• Min Bei (KCR): chă̤
• Min Dong (BUC): chék
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhat / chhit

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cag⁴

• Wu (Wiktionary): qiq (T4)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): qi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qī
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi1
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chi
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ci
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: qi²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ki
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cat¹
    • Yale: chāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ced¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐt̚⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: tit²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰit̚⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: qit⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰit̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhit
    • Hakka Romanization System: qid`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕʰit̚²/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: qid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕʰit̚¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: qieh⁴
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕʰiəʔ²/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: chă̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛ²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chék
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛiʔ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhat
    • Tâi-lô: tshat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhad
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰat̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhit
    • Tâi-lô: tshit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chid
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰit̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰit̚⁵/

Note:

• chhat - vernacular;
• chhit - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: cag⁴
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshak
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰak̚²/

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: qiq (T4)
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɪʔ⁵⁵/

Xiang

• (Changsha)
  • Wiktionary: qi⁶
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡sʰiɪt̚/

Rime
Character	漆
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	質 (48)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	親吉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰjet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰit̚/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiĕt̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭĕt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qi

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[tsʰ]i[t]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰiɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	漆
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qī
Middle Chinese	‹ tshit ›
Old Chinese	/*[tsʰ]i[t]/
English	varnish tree
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	漆
Reading #	1/1
No.	9926
Phonetic component	桼
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	七
Old Chinese	/*sʰiɡ/

Definitions

漆

1. lacquer tree; varnish tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum)
2. varnish; lacquer; paint
3. to paint
4. black; dark
5. name of several rivers
6. A surname​.

Compounds

• 一團漆黑／一团漆黑 (yītuánqīhēi)
• 亮光漆
• 亮漆
• 似漆如膠／似漆如胶
• 吞炭漆身
• 噴漆／喷漆 (pēnqī)
• 噴漆器／喷漆器
• 填漆
• 夜光漆
• 大漆
• 如膠似漆／如胶似漆 (rújiāosìqī)
• 如膠如漆／如胶如漆
• 如膠投漆／如胶投漆
• 底漆 (dǐqī)
• 建漆
• 朱漆 (zhūqī)
• 柿漆
• 楚漆器
• 歙漆阿膠／歙漆阿胶
• 水泥漆
• 水粉漆
• 油漆 (yóuqī)
• 油漆匠
• 洋乾漆／洋干漆

• 漆匠
• 漆器 (qīqì)
• 漆器雕
• 漆宅
• 漆工
• 漆布
• 漆書／漆书 (qīshū)
• 漆桶底脫／漆桶底脱
• 漆樹／漆树 (qīshù)
• 漆毒疹
• 漆畫／漆画
• 漆皮
• 漆皮兒／漆皮儿
• 漆砂硯／漆砂砚
• 漆身吞炭
• 漆黑 (qīhēi)
• 漆黑一團／漆黑一团 (qīhēiyītuán)
• 火漆
• 烤漆
• 瓷漆
• 生漆 (shēngqī)
• 目似點漆／目似点漆
• 眼若點漆／眼若点漆

• 磨漆畫／磨漆画
• 罩漆
• 膠漆／胶漆 (jiāoqī)
• 膠漆之情／胶漆之情
• 膠漆相投／胶漆相投
• 膠漆相融／胶漆相融
• 蟲漆／虫漆
• 調合漆／调合漆
• 透明漆
• 金漆
• 金漆馬桶／金漆马桶
• 防水漆
• 陳雷膠漆／陈雷胶漆
• 雕漆 (diāoqī)
• 雕花漆彩
• 雷陳膠漆／雷陈胶漆
• 鬢如漆／鬓如漆
• 鬢髯如漆／鬓髯如漆
• 黑漆一團／黑漆一团
• 黑漆板凳 (hēiqī bǎndèng)
• 黑漆漆 (hēiqīqī)
• 黑漆皮燈／黑漆皮灯
• 點漆／点漆

Descendants

• → Iban: chat
• → Zhuang: caet

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiè (qie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄝˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄝˋ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻieh4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chieh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰjɛ⁵¹/

Definitions

漆

1. Only used in 漆漆.

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Japanese

Kanji

漆

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: しち (shichi)
• Kan-on: しつ (shitsu, Jōyō)
• Kun: うるし (urushi, 漆, Jōyō)
• Nanori: うる (uru)

Etymology

漆 (urushi): a traditional red lacquerware serving set.

Kanji in this term
漆
うるし Grade: S
kun’yomi

Appears to be derived from Old Japanese root uru, as in terms such as classical Japanese 潤う (urufu) → modern 潤う (uruou, “to be moist”), うるうる (uruuru, “wetly, moistly”, adverb). Probably from the way that a lacquered surface glistens as if wet.

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) うるし [ùrúshí] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝɕi]

Noun

漆(うるし) • (urushi) 

1. lacquer, varnish
2. Toxicodendron vernicifluum, the lacquer tree

Descendants

• ⇒ English: urushiol

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Korean

Hanja

漆 • (chil) (hangeul 칠, revised chil, McCune–Reischauer ch'il, Yale chil)

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Vietnamese

Han character

漆: Hán Việt readings: tất

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