撠

撠 U+64A0, 撠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-64A0 ← 撟 [U+649F] CJK Unified Ideographs 撡 → [U+64A1]

Translingual

Han character

撠 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手十十戈 (QJJI), four-corner 5305₀, composition ⿰扌戟)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 455, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12720
• Dae Jaweon: page 804, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1954, character 4
• Unihan data for U+64A0

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		撠
alternative forms		棘 Cantonese 𠽤 Cantonese kick Hong Kong Cantonese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
戟	*kraɡ
撠	*kraɡ

Etymology

"to prick"

Some dictionaries assign the reading kik¹ to this character (as in 撠手 (kik1 sau2)) and the gik¹ reading to 棘 (as in 棘手 (gik1 sau2)), others say that both readings belong to 棘.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐ (ji³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kik¹ / gik¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): giah / kiah

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chi³
    • Yale: jǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jii
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kik¹ / gik¹
    • Yale: kīk / gīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kik⁷ / gik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: kig¹ / gig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɪk̚⁵/, /kɪk̚⁵/

Note: gik1 — original reading, in 撠掖 and 搏撠.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giah
    • Tâi-lô: giah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giaq
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɡiaʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiah
    • Tâi-lô: kiah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiaq

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• Middle Chinese: kjaek

Rime
Character	撠
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	陌 (115)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	几劇切
Baxter	kjaek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiæk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚiak̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kiak̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kiajk̚/
Li Rong	/kiɐk̚/
Wang Li	/kĭɐk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kiɐk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ji
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gik1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kraɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	撠
Reading #	1/1
No.	5808
Phonetic component	戟
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	戟
Old Chinese	/*kraɡ/
Notes	見史記

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 撠

1. ^† to catch, to grasp
2. ^† to touch
3. (Southern Min) to pick, to peck
4. (Cantonese) to stumble; to trip over

   小心撠親／小心撠亲 [Cantonese]  ―  siu² sam¹ kik¹ can¹ [Jyutping]  ―  be careful of tripping over

5. (Cantonese) to get stuck
6. (Cantonese) to prick, to pierce, Template:zh-alt form

See also

• (Cantonese) 揢 (kak1, “to obstruct”)