棘

Translingual

Han character

棘 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 木月木月 (DBDB), four-corner 5599₂, composition ⿰朿朿)

Derived characters

㻷襋䪂蕀僰𠍷𠒧𠢠𤏡𫂡𮥪𭞧𬮓

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 532, character 20
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14938
Dae Jaweon: page 921, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1227, character 9
Unihan data for U+68D8

Chinese

simp. and trad.		棘
alternative forms		撠 to prick 𣡍𭫼

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 棘
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
棘	*krɯɡ
襋	*krɯɡ
蕀	*krɯɡ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jí (ji²)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gik¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kit
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiak / kek

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jí
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jí
  - Wade–Giles: chi²
  - Yale: jí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyi
  - Palladius: цзи (czi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gik¹
  - Yale: gīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: gig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪk̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kit
  - Hakka Romanization System: gid^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gid⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /kit̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiak
  - Tâi-lô: kiak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiag
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiak̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kek
  - Tâi-lô: kik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: keg
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiɪk̚³²/

Middle Chinese: kik

Rime
Character	棘
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	職 (134)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	紀力切
Baxter	kik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kɨk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kiek̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kik̚/
Li Rong	/kiək̚/
Wang Li	/kĭək̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ki̯ək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ji
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gik¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*krək/

(Zhengzhang): /*krɯɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	棘
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jí
Middle Chinese	‹ kik ›
Old Chinese	/*krək/
English	thorns
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	棘
Reading #	1/1
No.	5745
Phonetic component	棘
Rime group	職
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	殛
Old Chinese	/*krɯɡ/

Definitions

棘

jujube tree
thorny bush; bramble
thorns
thorny
to prick
Synonym of 戟 (jǐ, “halberd”)

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): kik¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: kik¹
  - Yale: kīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: kig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɪk̚⁵/

Definitions

棘

(Cantonese) Alternative form of 撠 (kik1, “to be stuck”)

Japanese

Kanji

棘

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: こく (koku)
Kan-on: きょく (kyoku)
Kun: いばら (ibara, 棘)、いら (ira, 棘)、とげ (toge, 棘)

Compounds

風棘(ふうきょく) (fūkyoku): tuberculous dactylitis

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棘

Wikipedia ^ja

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
棘
とげ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

刺

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とげ [tògéꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [to̞ɡe̞]

Noun

棘(とげ) • (toge)

thorn

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
棘
いばら Hyōgai
kun'yomi

umara → ubara → ibara.

Alternative forms

茨, 荊

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いばら [ìbárá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [iba̠ɾa̠]

Noun

棘(いばら) or 棘(イバラ) • (ibara)

a shrub with thorns: a bramble, a briar
thorn
a thorny flower of the genus Rosa: a rose

Derived terms

薔薇(ばら) (bara): any shrub with thorns: a bramble, a briar; a thorny flower of the genus Rosa: a rose

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

棘 • (geuk) (hangeul 극, revised geuk, McCune–Reischauer kŭk, Yale kuk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

棘: Hán Nôm readings: gấc, cức

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[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] 2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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