咭

咭

咭 U+54AD, 咭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54AD ← 咬 [U+54AC] CJK Unified Ideographs 咮 → [U+54AE]

Translingual

Han character

咭 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口土口 (RGR), four-corner 6406₁, composition ⿰口吉)

1. (Cantonese) to guard (from English 'guard')
2. (Cantonese) a card (from English 'card')
3. (Cantonese) young and pretty (from English 'kid')

References

• KangXi: page 186, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3544
• Dae Jaweon: page 406, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 611, character 6
• Unihan data for U+54AD

---

Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		咭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jī (ji¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gat¹, hat¹, kat¹
• Wu (Wiktionary): khaq (T4); xiq (T4)

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ji
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹
    • Yale: jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gat¹, hat¹, kat¹
    • Yale: gāt, hāt, kāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gat⁷, hat⁷, kat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ged¹, hed¹, ked¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐt̚⁵/, /hɐt̚⁵/, /kʰɐt̚⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: khaq (T4); xiq (T4)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰa̱ʔ⁵⁵/, /ɕi̯ɪʔ⁵⁵/

---

• Middle Chinese: /hiɪt̚/, /kʰˠat̚/

Rime
Character	咭	咭
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	眞 (48)	山 (71)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	許吉切	恪八切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hiɪt̚/	/kʰˠat̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hit̚/	/kʰᵚat̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xjet̚/	/kʰɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hit̚/	/kʰaɨt̚/
Li Rong	/xiĕt̚/	/kʰat̚/
Wang Li	/xĭĕt̚/	/kʰat̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi̯ĕt̚/	/kʰăt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xi	qia
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hat1	haat3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰriːd/, /*ɡlid/, /*qʰlid/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	咭	咭	咭
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	5677	5700	5708
Phonetic component	吉	吉	吉
Rime group	質	質	質
Rime subdivision	1	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	𤫶		欯
Old Chinese	/*kʰriːd/	/*ɡlid/	/*qʰlid/

Definitions

咭

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Compounds

咭力骨碌 咭吱咯吱 (jīzhīgēzhī) 咭咭

咭咭呱呱 咭噔咯噔

咭叮噹／咭叮当 咭噹噹／咭当当

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		咭
alternative forms		卡

Borrowed from English card.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): kaat¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): kat²

---

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kaat¹
    • Yale: kāat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kaat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: kad¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaːt̚⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: kat²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰat̚⁵⁵/

Definitions

咭

1. (Cantonese) card (Classifier: 張／张)

Compounds

信用咭 咭片 打咭

碌咭 賀咭／贺咭

轆咭／辘咭 電話咭／电话咭

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		咭
alternative forms		吉 機／机

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jí (ji²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gat¹
• Min Nan (POJ): kiat

---

• 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)⁺
    • Jyutping: gat¹
    • Yale: gāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ged¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐt̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiat
    • Tâi-lô: kiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛt̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɛt̚³²/

Definitions

咭

1. Transliteration of English 'g' syllable:
   1. Used in 𠸄咭唎.

References

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

---

Japanese

Kanji

咭

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Readings

• On (unclassified): きつ (kitsu); ぎち (gichi); かつ (katsu); けち (kechi)
• Kun: こえのさま (koenosama)

---

Korean

Hanja

咭 • (gil, gal) (hangeul 길, 갈, revised gil, gal, McCune–Reischauer kil, kal)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

---

Vietnamese

Han character

咭: Hán Nôm readings: gắt

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.