掣

掣 U+63A3, 掣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63A3 ← 探 [U+63A2] CJK Unified Ideographs 掤 → [U+63A4]

Translingual

Han character

掣 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹弓手 (HNQ), four-corner 2250₂, composition ⿱制手)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 439, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12277
• Dae Jaweon: page 789, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1889, character 4
• Unihan data for U+63A3

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		掣

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
制	*kjeds
淛	*kjeds
製	*kjeds
掣	*kʰjeds, *kʰjed
痸	*kʰjeds
猘	*kreds

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰjeds, *kʰjed) : phonetic 制 (OC *kjeds) + semantic 手 (“hand”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chè (che⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄜˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zai³ / cit³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): zai¹ / cet²

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhoah / chhiat

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tiag⁴ / tiêg⁴ / zi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chè
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chè
    • Wade–Giles: chʻê⁴
    • Yale: chè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheh
    • Palladius: чэ (čɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zai³ / cit³
    • Yale: jai / chit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzai³ / tsit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: zei³ / qid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐi̯³³/, /t͡sʰiːt̚³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: zai¹ / cet²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sai³³/, /t͡sʰet̚⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhoah / chhiat
    • Tâi-lô: tshuah / tshiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoaq, chiad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰuaʔ³²/, /t͡sʰiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰuaʔ⁵/, /t͡sʰiɛt̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰuaʔ³²/, /t͡sʰiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰuaʔ³²/, /t͡sʰiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰuaʔ³²/, /t͡sʰiɛt̚³²/

Note:

• chhoah - vernacular;
• chhiat - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: tiag⁴ / tiêg⁴ / zi³
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiak / thiek / tsì
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiak̚²/, /tʰiek̚²/, /t͡si²¹³/

Note:

• tiag4 - Shantou;
• tiêg4 - Chaozhou;
• zi3 - vernacular (俗).

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• Middle Chinese: tsyhejH, tsyhet

Rime
Character	掣	掣
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	祭 (35)	薛 (81)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	尺制切	昌列切
Baxter	tsyhejH	tsyhet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰiᴇiH/	/t͡ɕʰiᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰiɛiH/	/t͡ɕʰiɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰjæiH/	/t͡ɕʰjæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰiajH/	/cʰiat̚/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiɛiH/	/t͡ɕʰiɛt̚/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭɛiH/	/t͡ɕʰĭɛt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛiH/	/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chì	che
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cai3	cit3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰjeds/, /*kʰjed/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	掣	掣
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	17380	17383
Phonetic component	制	制
Rime group	祭	月
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	掣	掣
Old Chinese	/*kʰjeds/	/*kʰjed/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 掣

1. to drag; to pull
2. to hinder by pulling back
3. (Cantonese) button; push button; switch; component for controlling device

   電掣／电掣 [Cantonese]  ―  din⁶ zai³ [Jyutping]  ―  electrical switch

4. (Southern Min) to be afraid; to be scared; to be frightened

Synonyms

• (switch):

(deprecated template usage)

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• 開關／开关 (kāiguān)
• 電掣／电掣 (din⁶ zai³) (Cantonese)
• 電門／电门 (diànmén)

 

References

• “掣”, 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–
• “Entry #8374”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

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Japanese

Kanji

掣

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せい (sei)、せつ (setsu)
• Kun: ひく (hiku, 掣く)

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Korean

Hanja

掣 • (che, cheol) (hangeul 체, 철)

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Vietnamese

Han character

掣: Hán Nôm readings: xiết, xế, xía, siết

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