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See also:
U+6212, 戒
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6212

[U+6211]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+6213]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 62, +3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 戈廿 (IT), four-corner 53400, composition )

Derived characters[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 412, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11548
  • Dae Jaweon: page 754, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1400, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+6212

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
alternative forms 𢌵

Glyph origin[edit]

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

Ideogrammic compound (會意会意): (halberd) + (hands) – to hold up a weapon as warning.

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]


Note:
  • 2ka - vernacular;
  • 2jia - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (33)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter keajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠɛiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚæiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɐiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kəɨjH/
Li
Rong
/kɛiH/
Wang
Li
/kɐiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kăiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiè
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gaai3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jiè
Middle
Chinese
‹ kɛjH ›
Old
Chinese
/*kˁrək-s/ (~ kˁrək)
English be on guard

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 6544
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*krɯːɡs/

Definitions[edit]

  1. to warn; to caution; to admonish
  2. to guard against; to forbid
  3. to give up; to quit (a bad habit)
  4. (archaic) to fast; to purify oneself
  5. (Buddhism) rules governing behavior; precepts
  6. (archaic) to command; to order
  7. (literary) careful; cautious
  8. Short for 戒指 (jièzhi, “ring”).
Synonyms[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to warn; to admonish; to caution; to take precautions; to guard against; etc.”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of ).
Notes:

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. commandment

Readings[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Kanji in this term
かい
Grade: S
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese (MC keajH).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(かい) (kai

  1. precept, commandment

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

(eumhun 경계할 (gyeonggyehal gye))

  1. Hanja form? of (caution, warn).

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

: Hán Nôm readings: giới

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