頡

Translingual

Han character

頡 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+6, 15 strokes, cangjie input 土口一月金 (GRMBC), four-corner 4168₆, composition ⿰吉頁)

Derived characters

𭀂, 𭋴, 𫹧, 擷(撷), 𤂌, 𤢺, 𬅁, 𥜝, 襭(𮖱), 纈(缬), 𧀺

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1403, character 10
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43452
Dae Jaweon: page 1920, character 14
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4367, character 6
Unihan data for U+9821

Chinese

trad.		頡
simp.		颉

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
秸	kriːl, kriːd
髻	*kiːds
夡	*kʰids
鴶	*kriːd
袺	kriːd, kiːd
頡	kriːd, ɡiːd
劼	*kʰriːd
硈	*kʰriːd
咭	kʰriːd, ɡlid, *qʰlid
黠	*ɡriːd
聐	*ŋreːd
趌	ked, klid, kʰid, ɡrid
結	*kiːd
拮	kiːd, klid
桔	*kiːd
狤	kiːd, klid, *ɡrid
擷	qʰiːd, ɡiːd
襭	*ɡiːd
翓	*ɡiːd
纈	*ɡiːd
吉	*klid
郆	*kid
詰	*kʰid
蛣	*kʰid
佶	ɡlid, ɡrid
鮚	*ɡrid
姞	*ɡrid
欯	*qʰlid
恄	*qʰlid

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kriːd, *ɡiːd) : phonetic 吉 (OC *klid) + semantic 頁 (“head”).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xié, jié (xie², jie²)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˊ, ㄐㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kit³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xié
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sié
  - Wade–Giles: hsieh²
  - Yale: syé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shye
  - Palladius: се (se)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jié
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jié
  - Wade–Giles: chieh²
  - Yale: jyé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jye
  - Palladius: цзе (cze)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/

Note: jié — used in 倉頡／仓颉 (Cāngjié) and derived terms.

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: kit³
  - Yale: kit
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kit⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: kid³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːt̚³/

Middle Chinese: het

Rime
Character	頡
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	屑 (87)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	胡結切
Baxter	het
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦet̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦet̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɛt̚/
Li Rong	/ɣet̚/
Wang Li	/ɣiet̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣiet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xié
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jit⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡiːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	頡
Reading #	2/2
No.	5687
Phonetic component	吉
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	纈
Old Chinese	/*ɡiːd/

Definitions

頡

to fly up
to straighten the neck
a surname

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiá (jia²)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaat³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiá
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiá
  - Wade–Giles: chia²
  - Yale: jyá
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jya
  - Palladius: цзя (czja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gaat³
  - Yale: gaat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: gad³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːt̚³/

Middle Chinese: keat

Rime
Character	頡
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	鎋 (75)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古黠切
Baxter	keat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠɛt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚæt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəɨt̚/
Li Rong	/kɛt̚/
Wang Li	/kæt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kat̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jia
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaat³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kriːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	頡
Reading #	1/2
No.	5674
Phonetic component	吉
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	戛
Old Chinese	/*kriːd/

Definitions

頡

to embezzle; to rob
Used in 頡羹／颉羹.

Compounds

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jié (jie²)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): git³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jié
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jié
  - Wade–Giles: chieh²
  - Yale: jyé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jye
  - Palladius: цзе (cze)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: git³
  - Yale: git
  - Cantonese Pinyin: git⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: gid³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːt̚³/

Definitions

頡

Alternative form of 桔, only used in 頡皋／颉皋.

Compounds

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04550
“頡”, 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

頡

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: けち (kechi)、げち (gechi)
Kan-on: かつ (katsu)、けつ (ketsu)
Kan’yō-on: きつ (kitsu)
Kun: おおきい (ōkī)、かすめとる (kasumetoru)

Korean

Hanja

頡 • (hil, gal) (hangeul 힐, 갈, revised hil, gal, McCune–Reischauer hil, kal, Yale hil, kal)

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Vietnamese

Han character

頡: Hán Nôm readings: gật, hiệt, hệt

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