偈

偈	U+5048, 偈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5048

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[U+5047]

CJK Unified Ideographs

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[U+5049]

Translingual

Han character

偈 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人日心女 (OAPV), four-corner 2622₇, composition ⿰亻曷)

brave
martial
hasty
scudding

References

KangXi: page 110, character 4
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 836
Dae Jaweon: page 234, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 191, character 1
Unihan data for U+5048

Chinese

trad.		偈
simp. ^#		偈

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
愒	kʰaːds, kʰrads, *kʰrad
馤	*qaːds
靄	qaːds, qaːd
餲	qraːds, qrads, ɡaːd, qaːd
喝	qraːds, qʰoːb, *qʰaːd
揭	kʰrads, ked, kʰrad, ɡrad, kad, ɡad
偈	ɡrads, ɡrad
猲	kʰob, qʰaːd, *qʰad
葛	*kaːd
輵	*kaːd
獦	klaːd, rab
渴	kʰaːd, ɡrad
嵑	*kʰaːd
暍	qʰaːd, qad
曷	*ɡaːd
褐	*ɡaːd
鶡	*ɡaːd
毼	*ɡaːd
蝎	*ɡaːd
鞨	ɡaːd, ɢljad
遏	*qaːd
齃	*qaːd
堨	*qaːd
擖	kʰreːd, kraːd, *r'aːb
楬	kʰraːd, ɡrad, *ɡad
朅	*kʰrad
藒	*kʰrad
竭	ɡrad, ɡad
碣	ɡrad, ɡad
羯	*kad
鍻	*kad
歇	*qʰad
蠍	*qʰad
謁	*qad

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jì (ji⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): gai^6-2, gai⁶
(Taishan, Wiktionary): gai^5*

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jì
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jì
  - Wade–Giles: chi⁴
  - Yale: jì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jih
  - Palladius: цзи (czi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gai^6-2, gai⁶
  - Yale: gái, gaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gai^6-2, gai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gei^6-2, gei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐi̯²²⁻³⁵/, /kɐi̯²²/

Note:

gai6-2 - vernacular (all senses);
gai6 - literary (reserved for Buddhist senses).

- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: gai^5*
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kai³²⁻³²⁵/

Middle Chinese: /ɡˠiᴇi^H/

Rime
Character	偈
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	祭 (37)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	其憩切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiᴇi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡᵚiɛi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiæi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gjiaj^H/
Li Rong	/ɡjɛi^H/
Wang Li	/ɡĭɛi^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯ɛi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gai⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡrads/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	偈
Reading #	1/2
No.	5018
Phonetic component	曷
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	偈
Old Chinese	/*ɡrads/
Notes	梵譯ɡātha

Definitions

偈

(Buddhism) Short for 偈陀 (jìtuó, “gatha”).
(Cantonese) talk; chat; conversation

Compounds

佛偈 (fójì)
偈子
偈文 (jìwén)
偈言

啱偈
密偈
偈頌／偈颂 (jìsòng)
傾偈／倾偈 (king1 gai6-2)

傾閒偈／倾闲偈
話事偈／话事偈
閒偈／闲偈

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jié (jie²)
(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): git⁶

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): /t͡ɕjɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: git⁶
  - Yale: giht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: git⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gid⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːt̚²/

Middle Chinese: /ɡˠiᴇt̚/

Rime
Character	偈
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	仙 (83)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	渠列切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡᵚiɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/giat̚/
Li Rong	/ɡjɛt̚/
Wang Li	/ɡĭɛt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯ɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jié
Expected Cantonese Reflex	git⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡrad/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	偈
Reading #	2/2
No.	5056
Phonetic component	曷
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	傑
Old Chinese	/*ɡrad/

Definitions

偈

(literary) fast
(literary) brave

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English gear.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): gai²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gai²
  - Yale: gái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐi̯³⁵/

Definitions

偈 (Cantonese)

engine (Classifier: 副)
(figurative) body; health (Classifier: 副)

Synonyms

(engine):

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engine (Cantonese)
偈 (Cantonese)
引擎 (yǐnqíng)

摩打 (Cantonese)
摩托 (mótuō)
動力機／动力机 (dònglìjī)

發動機／发动机 (fādòngjī)
馬達／马达 (mǎdá)

Compounds

偈油

大偈

爆偈

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jié (jie²)
(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ

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): /t͡ɕjɛ³⁵/

Definitions

偈

Only used in 偈偈.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qì (qi⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qì
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cì
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi⁴
  - Yale: chì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chih
  - Palladius: ци (ci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/

Definitions

偈

^† Alternative form of 憩 (qì, “to rest”).

References

“偈”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學／香港中文大学 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

偈

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: げ (ge); げち (gechi)
Kan-on: けい (kei); けつ (ketsu)
Kun: いこう (ikou, 偈う)

Korean

Hanja

偈 • (ge, geol) (hangeul 게, 걸, revised ge, geol, McCune–Reischauer ke, kŏl)

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Vietnamese

Han character

偈: Hán Nôm readings: kệ

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