適

See also: 适

Translingual

Han character

適 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+11, 15 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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shì (shi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siak / sek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìh
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴
    • Yale: shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyh
    • Palladius: ши (ši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sik¹
    • Yale: sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siak
    • Tâi-lô: siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek
    • Tâi-lô: sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seg
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɪk̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: syek, tsyek, tek

Rime
Character	適	適	適
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	章 (23)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	昔 (123)	昔 (123)	錫 (127)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	IV
Fanqie	施隻切	之石切	都歷切
Baxter	syek	tsyek	tek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇk̚/	/t͡ɕiᴇk̚/	/tek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛk̚/	/t͡ɕiɛk̚/	/tek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiæk̚/	/t͡ɕiæk̚/	/tɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiajk̚/	/ciajk̚/	/tɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛk̚/	/t͡ɕiɛk̚/	/tek̚/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛk̚/	/t͡ɕĭɛk̚/	/tiek̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛk̚/	/t͡ɕi̯ɛk̚/	/tiek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shi	zhi	di
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sik1	zik1	dik1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-tek/, /*tek/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjeɡ/, /*hljeɡ/, /*teːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	適	適	適
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shì	shì	shì
Middle Chinese	‹ syek ›	‹ syek ›	‹ tsyek ›
Old Chinese	/*s-tek/	/*s-tek/	/*tek/
English	scared	go to	go to
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	適	適	適
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	2329	2330	2332
Phonetic component	帝	帝	帝
Rime group	錫	錫	錫
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	隻	釋	的
Old Chinese	/*tjeɡ/	/*hljeɡ/	/*teːɡ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 適

1. appropriate; suitable
2. comfortable
3. just (now), only

   • 「三人行而一人惑，所適者猶可致也，惑者少也。」 [MSC, trad.]
     「三人行而一人惑，所适者犹可致也，惑者少也。」 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 莊子·天地

     “sān rén xíng ér yīrén huò, suǒ shì zhě yóu kě zhì yě, huò zhě shào 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, the deluded being the fewer."

4. a surname

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Japanese

Kanji

適

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. suitable, appropiate, fit

Readings

• On (unclassified): てき (teki), せき (seki)
• Kun: ゆく (yuku), かなう (kanau), まさに (masani)

Compounds

• 適切な てきせつな appropiate, 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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