藉

See also: 籍 and 借

Translingual

Han character

藉 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 廿手木日 (TQDA), four-corner 4496₁, composition ⿱艹耤)

1. mat, pad
2. rely on
3. pretext

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1063, character 42
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32242
• Dae Jaweon: page 1528, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3309, character 12
• Unihan data for U+85C9

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Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
借	*ʔsjaːɡs, *ʔsjaːɡ
唶	*ʔsjaːɡs
藉	*zjaːɡs, *zjaːɡ
躤	*zjaːɡs
蜡	*zraːɡs, *sʰaːɡs
齰	*zraːɡs, *zraːɡ
醋	*sʰaːɡs
錯	*sʰaːɡs, *sʰaːɡ
措	*sʰaːɡs
厝	*sʰaːɡs, *sʰaːɡ
逪	*sʰaːɡ
剒	*sʰaːɡ
鵲	*sʰaɡ
碏	*sʰaɡ
踖	*sʰaɡ, *ʔsjaːɡ, *zjaːɡ
趞	*sʰaɡ
皵	*sʰaɡ, *sʰjaːɡ
舄	*sʰjaːɡ, *sʰaɡ, *sjaːɡ, *sjaːɡ
斮	*ʔsraɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
簎	*zraːwɢ, *sʰraːɡ, *zjaːɡ
諎	*ʔsraːɡ
矠	*sʰreːɡ, *zreːɡ
庴	*ʔsjaːɡ, *zjaːɡ
籍	*zjaːɡ
耤	*zjaːɡ
猎	*zjaːɡ
昔	*sjaːɡ
惜	*sjaːɡ
腊	*sjaːɡ
焟	*sjaːɡ
棤	*sjaːɡ

Pronunciation 1

trad.		藉
simp.		藉/借*
借: "rely on"

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiè (jie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ze⁶ / ze³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chia

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiè
    • Wade–Giles: chieh⁴
    • Yale: jyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieh
    • Palladius: цзе (cze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ze⁶ / ze³
    • Yale: jeh / je
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dze⁶ / dze³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zé⁶ / zé³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː²²/, /t͡sɛː³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chia
    • Hakka Romanization System: jia
    • Hagfa Pinyim: jia⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡si̯a⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: dzjaeH

Rime
Character	藉
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	麻 (100)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	慈夜切
Baxter	dzjaeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziaH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ziaH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ziaH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ziaH/
Li Rong	/d͡ziaH/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭaH/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯aH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ze6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[dz]Ak-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*zjaːɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	藉	藉
Reading #	2/3	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiè	jiè
Middle Chinese	‹ dzjæH ›	‹ dzjæH ›
Old Chinese	/*[dz]Ak-s/	/*[dz]Ak-s/
English	straw bedding; (base oneself on:) depend on	loan, borrow
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	藉
Reading #	1/2
No.	13271
Phonetic component	昔
Rime group	暮
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	褯
Old Chinese	/*zjaːɡs/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 藉

1. pad, mat
2. to pave
3. to lean on
4. to rely on
5. even if

Pronunciation 2

simp. and trad.		藉

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jí (ji²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): 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: zik⁶
    • Yale: jihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: dzjek

Rime
Character	藉
Reading #	2/2
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

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[dz]Ak/

  (Zhengzhang): /*zjaːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	藉
Reading #	1/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jí
Middle Chinese	‹ dzjek ›
Old Chinese	/*[dz]Ak/
English	tribute (n.)
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	藉
Reading #	2/2
No.	13304
Phonetic component	昔
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	籍
Old Chinese	/*zjaːɡ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 藉

1. messy, in disorder
2. tax
3. to pay tribute
4. to tie
5. to bully
6. to take good care of
7. to record
8. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 籍 (jí, “to confiscate”).
9. a surname

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Japanese

Kanji

藉

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: じゃ (ja); じゃく (jaku)
• Kan-on: しゃ (sha); せき (seki)
• Kun: しく (shiku, 藉く); かりる (kariru, 藉りる); ふむ (fumu, 藉む)

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Korean

Hanja

藉 • (ja, jeok) (hangeul 자, 적, revised ja, jeok, McCune–Reischauer cha, chŏk, Yale ca, cek)

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Vietnamese

Han character

藉 (tạ, chạ, tã)

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