肢

肢 U+80A2, 肢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-80A2 ← 股 [U+80A1] CJK Unified Ideographs 肣 → [U+80A3]

Translingual

Han character

肢 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+4, 8 strokes, Cangjie input 月十水 (BJE), four-corner 7424₇, composition ⿰月支)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 974, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29285
• Dae Jaweon: page 1426, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2047, character 3
• Unihan data for U+80A2

Chinese

trad.		肢
simp. #		肢
alternative forms		胑 𨈪 𩨵 𨈛

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 肢
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
支	*kje
枝	*kje
肢	*kje
汥	*kje, *ɡe, *ɡres
衼	*kje
馶	*kje, *qʰjes, *kes, *ɡe
鳷	*kje
忮	*kjes
伎	*kjes, *ɡe, *ɡreʔ
豉	*ɡjes
翅	*qʰjes
翄	*qʰjes, *ɡe
妓	*kre, *ɡreʔ
庋	*kreʔ, *kʷreʔ
跂	*kʰeʔ, *kʰes, *ɡe
蚑	*kʰes, *ɡe
吱	*kʰes
岐	*ɡe
歧	*ɡe
鬾	*ɡre, *ɡres
技	*ɡreʔ
芰	*ɡres
攱	*kʷreʔ, *kʷres
庪	*kʷreʔ
頍	*kʰʷeʔ
屐	*ɡreɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kje): semantic 肉 (“flesh”) + phonetic 支 (OC *kje).

Etymology

Originally the same word as 支 (OC *kje, “branch (of tree), limb; to support”); see there for more (STEDT).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhī (zhi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kî / chi̍t

  (Hailu, HRS): gi^ˋ / zid^ˋ

• Eastern Min (BUC): ciĕ
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gi¹ / zi¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ki / chi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhih
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹
    • Yale: jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jy
    • Palladius: чжи (čži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɻ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zi¹
    • Yale: jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kî / chi̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: gi^ˊ / jid
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gi¹ / jid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /ki²⁴/, /t͡sit̚⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: gi^ˋ / zid^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /ki⁵³/, /t͡sit²/

Note: chi̍t/zidˋ - only used in 肢胳.

• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ciĕ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sie⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gi¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki⁵⁴⁴/
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zi¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ci
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si⁵⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki
    • Tâi-lô: ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ky
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi
    • Tâi-lô: tsi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cy
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /t͡si³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zin¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sĩ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsye

Rime
Character	肢
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	章移切
Baxter	tsye
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ciə̆/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕie/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕǐe/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ke/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kje/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	肢
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhī
Middle Chinese	‹ tsye ›
Old Chinese	/*ke/
English	limb
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	肢
Reading #	1/1
No.	17202
Phonetic component	支
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	支
Old Chinese	/*kje/

Definitions

肢

1. (anatomy) limbs; feet

Compounds

• 上肢 (shàngzhī)
• 下肢 (xiàzhī)
• 前肢 (qiánzhī)
• 四肢 (sìzhī)
• 夾肢窩 / 夹肢窝
• 後肢 / 后肢
• 截肢 (jiézhī)
• 節肢動物 / 节肢动物 (jiézhī dòngwù)
• 義肢 / 义肢 (yìzhī)
• 肐肢肐察
• 肢解 (zhījiě)
• 肢骨 (zhīgǔ)
• 肢體 / 肢体 (zhītǐ)
• 肢體殘障 / 肢体残障
• 肢體語言 / 肢体语言 (zhītǐ yǔyán)
• 胳肢
• 胳肢窩 / 胳肢窝 (gāzhiwō)
• 腰肢 (yāozhī)
• 膈肢
• 膈肢窩 / 膈肢窝
• 隔肢
• 青蛙肢

Japanese

Kanji

肢

(Jōyō kanji)

1. limb

Readings

• Go-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
• Kun: てあし (teashi, 肢)

Compounds

• 肢(し)体(たい) (shitai)
• 触(しょく)肢(し) (shokushi, “pedipalp”)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 肢 (MC tsye).

Historical readings

• Recorded as Middle Korean 징 (Yale: ciG) in Gugeupbangeonhae (救急方諺解 / 구급방언해), 1466.
• Recorded as Middle Korean 지 (ci) (Yale: ci) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

肢 (eumhun 팔다리 지 (paldari ji))

1. hanja form^? of 지 (“limb”)

Compounds

• 사지 (四肢, saji)
• 절지동물 (節肢動物, jeoljidongmul)
• 지체 (肢體, jiche)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]