適

See also: 适

Translingual

Han character

適 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜卜金月 (YYCB), four-corner 3030₂, composition ⿺辶啇)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1263, character 34
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39076
• Dae Jaweon: page 1759, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3877, character 8
• Unihan data for U+9069

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Chinese

trad.		適
simp.		适*

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
膪	*rtaːɡs, *rteːɡs
揥	*tʰeds, *teː
腣	*teː, *teːɡs
諦	*teːɡs
偙	*teːɡs
渧	*teːɡs
帝	*teːɡs
楴	*tʰeːɡs
啼	*deː
蹄	*deː
締	*deː, *deːɡs
崹	*deː
鶙	*deː
禘	*deːɡs
啻	*hljeɡs
嫡	*rteɡ, *teːɡ
摘	*rteːɡ, *tʰeːɡ
謫	*rteːɡ
讁	*rteːɡ
擿	*deɡ
蹢	*deɡ, *teːɡ
適	*tjeɡ, *hljeɡ, *teːɡ
啇	*teːɡ
滴	*teːɡ
鏑	*teːɡ
甋	*teːɡ
樀	*teːɡ, *deːɡ
敵	*deːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjeɡ, *hljeɡ, *teːɡ) : semantic 辶 + phonetic 啻 (OC *hljeɡs).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 適

1. to go; to proceed (to a place)

   • 大夫七十而致事。若不得謝，則必賜之几杖，行役以婦人。適四方，乘安車。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     大夫七十而致事。若不得谢，则必赐之几杖，行役以妇人。适四方，乘安车。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Dàfū qīshí ér zhìshì. Ruò bùdé xiè, zé bì cì zhī jīzhàng, xíngyì yǐ fùrén. Shì sìfāng, chéng ānjū. [Pinyin]

     A great officer, when he is seventy, should resign (his charge of) affairs.
     If he be not allowed to resign, there must be given him a stool and staff.
     When travelling on service, he must have the attendance of his wife.
     When going to any other state, he will ride in an easy carriage.

   • 三人行而一人惑，所適者猶可致也，惑者少也；二人惑則勞而不至，惑者勝也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     三人行而一人惑，所适者犹可致也，惑者少也；二人惑则劳而不至，惑者胜也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Sān rén xíng ér yī rén huò, suǒ shì zhě yóu kě zhì yě, huò zhě shǎo yě; èr rén huò zé láo ér bù zhì, huò zhě shèng yě. [Pinyin]

     If three men be walking together, and (only) one of them be under a delusion (as to their way), they may yet reach their goal [i.e. place they are going to], the deluded being the fewer; but if two of them be under the delusion, they will not do so, the deluded being the majority.

2. to incline towards; (of the popular feeling) to tend towards; to turn towards
3. towards; to
4. (of a girl) to get married; to marry
5. to follow; to submit to; to comply with
6. to fit; to suit; to accord with
7. fitting; proper; suitable; appropriate
8. good; fine; adequate
9. happy; joyful; contented
10. at ease; comfortable; cosy
11. to get; to obtain
12. to control; to restrict; to moderate
13. to regulate; to adjust; to measure
14. to meet; to encounter
15. (historical) collar of the mourning gown
16. by chance; as luck would have it
17. occasionally; from time to time
18. just (now); only
19. if; assuming
20. a surname

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dí (di²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dí
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dí
    • Wade–Giles: ti²
    • Yale: dí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dyi
    • Palladius: ди (di)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: dik¹
    • Yale: dīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: dig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tek

Rime
Character	適
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	錫 (127)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	都歷切
Baxter	tek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/tek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/tɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/tek̚/
Wang Li	/tiek̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/tiek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	di
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dik1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*teːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	適
Reading #	3/3
No.	2332
Phonetic component	帝
Rime group	錫
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	的
Old Chinese	/*teːɡ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 適

1. to devote; to dedicate (to one thing)

   • 子曰：「君子之於天下也，無適也，無莫也，義之與比。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     子曰：「君子之于天下也，无适也，无莫也，义之与比。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zǐ yuē: “Jūnzǐ zhī yú tiānxià yě, wú dí yě, wú mò yě, yì zhī yǔ bǐ.” [Pinyin]

     The Master said, “The superior man, in the world, does not set his mind either for anything, or against anything; what is right he will follow.”

2. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 嫡 (dí, “legal wife; legal wife's son”).
3. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 敵／敌 (dí, “enemy”).

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tì (ti⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tì
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tì
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi⁴
    • Yale: tì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tih
    • Palladius: ти (ti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 適

1. Only used in 適適／适适 (“frightened; at a loss”).

Pronunciation 4

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhé (zhe²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaak⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhé
    • Wade–Giles: chê²
    • Yale: jé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jer
    • Palladius: чжэ (čžɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zaak⁶
    • Yale: jaahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːk̚²/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 適

1. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 謫／谪 (zhé, “to blame; to punish; to banish; fault”).

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Japanese

Kanji

適

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. suitable, appropriate, fit

Readings

• Go-on: ちゃく (chaku); しゃく (shaku)
• Kan-on: てき (teki, Jōyō); せき (seki)
• Kun: ゆく (yuku, 適く); かなう (kanau, 適う); たまたま (tamatama, 適); まさに (masani)

Compounds

• 適切(てきせつ) (tekisetsu): appropriate, suitable, proper

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Korean

Hanja

適 • (jeok, cheok) (hangeul 적, 척, revised jeok, cheok, McCune–Reischauer chŏk, ch'ŏk, Yale cek, chek)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 適 (thích, thách, thếch)

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