継

See also: 继

継 U+7D99, 継 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D99 ← 綘 [U+7D98] CJK Unified Ideographs 続 → [U+7D9A]

Translingual

Traditional	繼
Shinjitai	継
Simplified	继

Etymology

Simplified from 繼 (㡭 → ⿺𠃊米)

Han character

継 (radical 120, 糸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女火女火木 (VFVFD), composition ⿰糹⿺𠃊米)

1. continue, maintain, carry on

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 926, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27531
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3407, character 7
• Unihan data for U+7D99

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Chinese

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 継 – see 繼 (“to continue; to maintain; to carry on; to follow; to inherit; to succeed”). (This character, 継, is the former (1935–1936) ROC simplified, former (1969–1976) Singaporean simplified, and variant form of 繼.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03188-004

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Japanese

Shinjitai	継
Kyūjitai	繼

Kanji

継

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 繼)

1. acquire by birthright
2. follow in someone's footsteps or position
3. (clothes) patch
4. (be) grafted into a tree

Readings

• Go-on: け (ke)
• Kan-on: けい (kei, Jōyō)
• Kun: つぐ (tsugu, 継ぐ, Jōyō); つぎ (tsugi); まま (mama, 継)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
継
つぎ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
繼 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 継 – see つぎ. (This term, 継, is an alternative spelling of the above terms.)

(The following entry is uncreated: つぎ.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
継
まま Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
繼 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 継 – see the following entry.

【まま】 [prefix] related by marriage; step- [prefix] related through only one parent; half- Alternative spellings 継, 庶

(This term, 継, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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Korean

Hanja

継 • (gye) (hangeul 계, revised gye, McCune–Reischauer kye, Yale kyey)

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