瘠

Translingual

Han character

瘠 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+10, 15 strokes, cangjie input 大火金月 (KFCB), four-corner 0012₇, composition ⿸疒脊)

1. thin, emaciated
2. barren

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 778, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22401
• Dae Jaweon: page 1188, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2691, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7620

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Chinese

trad.		瘠
simp. #		瘠

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
脊	*ʔseɡ
蹐	*ʔseɡ
鶺	*ʔseɡ
塉	*zeɡ
瘠	*zeɡ
膌	*zeɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jí (ji²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik³ / zek³ / zik⁶

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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: zik³ / zek³ / zik⁶
    • Yale: jik / jek / jihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁸ / dzek⁸ / dzik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig³ / zég³ / jig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚³/, /t͡sɛːk̚³/, /t͡sɪk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: dzjek

Rime
Character	瘠
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	昔 (123)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	秦昔切
Baxter	dzjek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ziɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ziæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ziajk̚/
Li Rong	/d͡ziɛk̚/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭɛk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zik6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zeɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瘠
Reading #	1/1
No.	5786
Phonetic component	脊
Rime group	錫
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	籍
Old Chinese	/*zeɡ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 瘠

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References

• “瘠”, 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–

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Japanese

Kanji

瘠

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せき (seki)
• Kun: やせる (yaseru)

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Korean

Hanja

瘠 • (cheok) (hangeul 척, revised cheok, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏk, Yale chek)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 瘠 (tích)

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