介
See also: 个 and 𠆤
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Translingual
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Han character
介 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 人中中 (OLL), four-corner 80220, composition ⿱人⿰丿丨)
Derived characters
- 价, 吤, 圿, 妎, 㜾, 尬, 𡵚, 㠹, 忦, 扴, 𣲤, 阶, 斺, 𭨫, 𬂣, 𣬫, 炌, 𤘦, 𭷼, 玠, 𭺝, 祄, 畍, 𥄍, 砎, 𥝵, 紒, 蚧, 衸, 𧣋, 䚸, 𧿩, 𫒌, 𩈋, 𩉡, 𩡺(𩧦), 骱, 魀, 魪(𬶇), 𭍲, 𩾴, 𪐱, 齘(𬹼)
- 𠇧, 㰡, 𬿋, 𬿷, 䲸(𮭡), 𭀐, 𠨴, 㝏, 岕, 芥, 界, 𪽐, 㖎/㖋, 𣓴, 䯰, 𢗊, 𠌕, 庎, 疥, 䦏, 𣽀
Descendants
- ケ (Katakana character derived from Man'yōgana)
References
- KangXi: page 91, character 19
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 359
- Dae Jaweon: page 194, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 103, character 9
- Unihan data for U+4ECB
Chinese
Glyph origin
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References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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Characters in the same phonetic series (介) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Old Chinese | |
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妎 | *ɡaːds, *ɡeːds |
芥 | *kreːds |
尬 | *kreːds |
界 | *kreːds |
介 | *kreːds |
疥 | *kreːds |
玠 | *kreːds |
砎 | *kreːds, *kreːd, *ɡraːd |
魪 | *kreːds |
价 | *kreːds |
衸 | *kreːds, *ɡreːds |
齘 | *ɡreːds |
骱 | *ɡaːd, *kreːd |
扴 | *kreːd |
圿 | *kreːd |
忦 | *kreːd |
Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 人 (“person”) + two marks encompassing, indicating "in between"
Etymology 1
simp. and trad. | 介 |
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- "to assist"
- Developed from 介 (OC *kreːds, “armored men”), from 介 (OC *kreːds, “armor”), ultimately from 介 (OC *kreːds, “scale (of animals)”). (Schuessler, 2007)
Pronunciation
Definitions
介
- to lie between
- to relate two things; to connect; to link; to introduce
- to assist; to help
- to hang; to suspend
- to rely on; to depend on
- firm; persistent; unswerving
- such; like this; this kind of
- Original form of 界 (jiè, “boundary; role; duty”).
- iota; tiny bit. Alternative form of 芥 (jiè).
- Classifier for people or copper coins.
- seashell; shell
- to wear armour
- (Min Dong) again; re-
- (Taiwan) zepto- (SI unit prefix)
- Synonym: 仄 (zè) (Mainland)
- (Wu) used to indicate a degree
- 介大 [Shanghainese] ― [ka̱⁵³ d̥v̩ʷ²³] [IPA] ― so big
Compounds
Derived terms from 介
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Synonyms
- (Wu):
Dialectal synonyms of 這麼 (“so; such (modifies adj.)”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words edit |
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Classical Chinese | 如此 | |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 如此 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 這麼 |
Taiwan | 這麼 | |
Harbin | 這麼 | |
Yantai (Muping) | 這麼 | |
Jinan | 這麼 | |
Luoyang | 陣 | |
Wanrong | 這麼 | |
Xi'an | 這們, 陣 | |
Yinchuan | 這麼 | |
Lanzhou | 這們 | |
Xining | 這們 | |
Ürümqi | 這麼 | |
Wuhan | 這麼, 這樣, 這個樣子 | |
Chengdu | 這們, 這麼, 嘞們 | |
Guiyang | 仲個 | |
Guilin | 這樣 | |
Liuzhou | 陣, 哏 | |
Xuzhou | 恁麼 | |
Yangzhou | 這們 | |
Nanjing | 這麼, 這樣子 | |
Nantong | 格麼 | |
Malaysia | 這樣 | |
Singapore | 這樣, 這麼 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 咁 |
Hong Kong | 咁 | |
Foshan | 咁 | |
Taishan | 該 | |
Dongguan | 呢咁, 咁 | |
Yunfu | 咁 | |
Yangjiang | 果樣, 拱 | |
Xinyi | 咁 | |
Nanning | 咁 | |
Wuzhou | 咁 | |
Yulin | 咁 | |
Hepu (Lianzhou) | 果 | |
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 咁 | |
Penang (Guangfu) | 咁 | |
Singapore (Guangfu) | 咁 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 箇 |
Lichuan | 該樣 | |
Pingxiang | 箇, 箇史 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 恁 |
Xingning | 恁, 咁 | |
Huidong (Daling) | 恁, 咁 | |
Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 咁 | |
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 咁 | |
Changting | 仰 | |
Wuping | 恁 | |
Wuping (Pingyu) | 恁 | |
Liancheng | 樣 | |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 恁 | |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 恁 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 恁 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 恁 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 恁 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 恁 | |
Luchuan (Daqiao) | 咁 | |
Senai (Huiyang) | 恁 | |
Kuching (Hepo) | 恁 | |
Huizhou | Jixi | 爾的 |
Jin | Taiyuan | 這來 |
Xinzhou | 這啦, 這麼, 這來 | |
Min Bei | Jian'ou | ⿰口樣 |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 只滿, 只 |
Fuqing | 者滿 | |
Singapore (Fuqing) | 者滿 | |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 遮, 遮爾, 遮爾仔 |
Quanzhou | 拙, 拙幹 | |
Zhangzhou | 遮爾, 遮爾仔 | |
Taipei | 遮 GT, 遮爾 GT, 遮爾仔 GT | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 按呢 | |
Chaozhou | 照, 照生 | |
Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 照 | |
Singapore (Teochew) | 只生 | |
Leizhou | 偌 | |
Haikou | 只, 者 | |
Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 更 |
Wu | Shanghai | 搿能, 搿能介, 搿個能, 介, 實能 dated, 實個能 dated |
Shanghai (Chongming) | 能 | |
Suzhou | 該實梗, 該尚, 哀實梗, 哀尚, 實梗, 尚 | |
Danyang | 根 | |
Hangzhou | 價套, 價, 實價套, 實價 | |
Ningbo | 介 | |
Wenzhou | 該恁, 恁 | |
Jinhua | 帳, 格生, 格亨, 喪 | |
Jinhua (Tangxi) | 絞麼 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 咯樣 |
Quanzhou | 這麼 | |
Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |
Descendants
- → Proto-Tai: *klecꟲ
- Proto-Southwestern Tai: *kletᴰ
- Thai: เกล็ด (glèt)
- Proto-Southwestern Tai: *kletᴰ
See also
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Last | Next | |
阿 | 介/仄 | 攸/幺 |
Etymology 2
simp. and trad. | 介 |
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Pronunciation
Definitions
介
- (Hong Kong) Informal shorthand for 雞/鸡 (gai1).
Etymology 3
simp. and trad. | 介 |
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Pronunciation
Definitions
介
- (Hakka) Alternative form of 個/个 (“(particle; classifier)”).
- 該紅紅白白介花 [Sixian Hakka, trad.]
- From: 2003, 謝宇威 [Hsieh Yu-Wei], 花樹下 [Under the Flowers]
- kai fùng-fùng pha̍k-pha̍k ke fâ [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]
- The red and white flowers
该红红白白介花 [Sixian Hakka, simp.]
Japanese
Kanji
介
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
Readings
- Go-on: け (ke)
- Kan-on: かい (kai, Jōyō)
- Kun: たすける (tasukeru, 介ける); すけ (suke, 介)
- Nanori: あき (aki)
Compounds
Compounds
- 介意
- 介懐
- 介居
- 介護 (kaigo)
- 介在
- 介子
- 介錯 (kaishaku)
- 介助 (kaijo)
- 介心
- 介入 (kainyū)
- 介馬
- 介抱 (kaihō)
- 介殻
- 介甲 (kaikō)
- 介党鱈 (suketōdara): Alaska pollock
- 介病 (kaibyō): nursing a patient
- 介卵
- 介鱗
Related terms
- 介する
- 介添え
Etymology
Kanji in this term |
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介 |
かい Grade: S |
kan’on |
From Middle Chinese 介 (MC kˠɛiH).
Pronunciation
- On’yomi: Kan’on
- IPA(key): [ka̠i]
Affix
介 • (kai)
- to be between, mediate
- assist; help
- shell, shellfish
- armor
Korean
Hanja
介 (eum 개 (gae))
- forerunner, herald, harbinger
- to lie between
- sea shell
- to wear armor
Vietnamese
Han character
介: Hán Nôm readings: giới
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