陟

陟 U+965F, 陟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-965F ← 陞 [U+965E] CJK Unified Ideographs 陠 → [U+9660]

Translingual

Han character

陟 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 弓中卜中竹 (NLYLH), four-corner 7122₁, composition ⿰阝步)

Derived characters

• 騭(骘)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1351, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41659
• Dae Jaweon: page 1853, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4131, character 1
• Unihan data for U+965F

Chinese

simp. and trad.		陟
alternative forms		𰂮

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 陟
Western Zhou
Bronze inscriptions

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

	Old Chinese
陟	*tɯɡ
騭	*tjiɡ

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 阝 (“mound; hill; raised ground”) + 步 (“step; two feet pointing upwards”). Cf. 降 (jiàng), with two feet pointing downwards.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l-t(j)ak (“to climb; to ascend”) (STEDT). Cf. 登 (OC *tɯːŋ) (Wang, 1923) < *s-tjaŋ.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhì (zhi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhìh
    • Wade–Giles: chih⁴
    • Yale: jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyh
    • Palladius: чжи (čži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zik¹
    • Yale: jīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: trik

Rime
Character	陟
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	蒸 (134)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	竹力切
Baxter	trik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈik̚/
Li Rong	/ȶiək̚/
Wang Li	/ȶĭək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶi̯ək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zik1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*trək/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tɯɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	陟
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhì
Middle Chinese	‹ trik ›
Old Chinese	/*trək/
English	ascend
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	陟
Reading #	1/1
No.	17386
Phonetic component	陟
Rime group	職
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	陟
Old Chinese	/*tɯɡ/

Definitions

陟

1. (literary) to climb; to ascend

   • 陟彼屺兮，瞻望母兮。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zhì bǐ qǐ xī, zhān wàng mǔ xī. [Pinyin]

     I ascend that bare hill,
     And look towards my mother.

2. (archaic, euphemistic, of a monarch) to die; to ascend to heaven

   • 十二年，王陟。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: Bamboo Annals, circa 475 – 221 BCE

     Shí'èr nián, Wáng zhì. [Pinyin]

     In the twelfth year (of his reign), the King ascended.

3. (literary) to promote

   陟罰臧否／陟罚臧否  ―  zhìfázāngpǐ  ―  to reward good people and to punish bad people

Compounds

• 武陟 (Wǔzhì)
• 考績黜陟／考绩黜陟
• 陟屺
• 陟岵
• 陟岵瞻望
• 陟岵陟屺
• 陟方
• 陟罰／陟罚 (zhìfá)
• 陟罰臧否／陟罚臧否 (zhìfázāngpǐ)
• 陟降
• 陟黜
• 韋陟朵雲／韦陟朵云
• 黜陟
• 黜陟幽明

 

References

• “陟”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

陟

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. climb
2. rise

Readings

• Go-on: ちき (chiki)
• Kan-on: ちょく (choku)
• Kan’yō-on: とく (toku)
• Kun: のぼる (noboru, 陟る); すすむ (susumu, 陟む)
• Nanori: たかし (takashi); のぼる (noboru)

Korean

Hanja

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

1. climb, scale, ascend
2. proceed

Vietnamese

Han character

陟: Hán Nôm readings: trắc

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