跖

Translingual

Han character

跖 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口一一口 (RMMR), four-corner 6116₀, composition ⿰𧾷石)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1223, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37469
• Dae Jaweon: page 1695, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3694, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8DD6

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		跖
alternative forms		蹠

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 跖
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
柘	*tjaɡs
妬	*taːɡs
蠹	*taːɡs
沰	*taːɡ, *tʰaːɡ
拓	*tʰaːɡ, *tjaɡ
橐	*tʰaːɡ
袥	*tʰaːɡ
驝	*tʰaːɡ, *raːɡ
斫	*tjaɡ
磭	*ŋrɯnʔ, *ŋ̊ʰjaɡ, *ŋaɡ
磔	*rtaːɡ
跖	*tjaɡ
石	*djaɡ
碩	*djaɡ
祏	*djaɡ
鉐	*djaɡ
鼫	*djaɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhí, zhè (zhi², zhe⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˊ, ㄓㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zek³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhí
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhíh
    • Wade–Giles: chih²
    • Yale: jŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyr
    • Palladius: чжи (čži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhè
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhè
    • Wade–Giles: chê⁴
    • Yale: jè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeh
    • Palladius: чжэ (čžɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zek³
    • Yale: jek
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: zég³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛːk̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyek

Rime
Character	跖
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	昔 (123)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	之石切
Baxter	tsyek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕiæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ciajk̚/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiɛk̚/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭɛk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zik1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjaɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	跖
Reading #	1/1
No.	11469
Phonetic component	石
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	隻
Old Chinese	/*tjaɡ/
Notes	同蹠

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 跖

1. sole of the foot

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Japanese

Kanji

跖

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せき (seki)
• Kun: あしのうら (ashinoura)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 跖 (chích)

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