嫉

嫉

嫉 U+5AC9, 嫉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AC9 ← 嫈 [U+5AC8] CJK Unified Ideographs 嫊 → [U+5ACA]

Translingual

Han character

嫉 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女大人大 (VKOK), four-corner 4043₄, composition ⿰女疾)

References

• KangXi: page 269, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6611
• Dae Jaweon: page 536, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1073, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5AC9

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Chinese

trad.		嫉
simp. #		嫉
2nd round simp.		忌
alternative forms		疾 愱 㑵 𡜍 𢞱

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
嫉	*zids, *zid
疾	*zid
蒺	*zid
愱	*zid
槉	*zid

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *zids, *zid) : semantic 女 + phonetic 疾 (OC *zid).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jí (ji²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zat⁶, zaat⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): chi̍t / che̍k

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• 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: zat⁶, zaat⁶
    • Yale: jaht, jaaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzat⁹, dzaat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zed⁶, zad⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐt̚²/, /t͡saːt̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tsi̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cit
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕit̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕit̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: che̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tsi̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zek
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɪk̚⁴/

Note:

• chi̍t - literary;
• che̍k - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: /d͡ziɪ^H/, /d͡ziɪt̚/

Rime
Character	嫉	嫉
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	眞 (48)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	疾二切	秦悉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziɪH/	/d͡ziɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ziH/	/d͡zit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zjɪH/	/d͡zjet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ziH/	/d͡zit̚/
Li Rong	/d͡ziH/	/d͡ziĕt̚/
Wang Li	/d͡ziH/	/d͡zĭĕt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱiH/	/d͡zʱi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zì	jí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi6	zat6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zids/, /*zid/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嫉	嫉
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	5739	5742
Phonetic component	疾	疾
Rime group	至	質
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	自	疾
Old Chinese	/*zids/	/*zid/

Definitions

嫉

1. to envy; to be jealous
2. to hate; to resent

Compounds

妒嫉 (dùjí) 媢嫉 (màojí) 嫉妒 (jídù) 嫉恨 (jíhèn) 忿世嫉俗 忿世嫉邪 矜名嫉能

好善嫉惡／好善嫉恶 妒賢嫉能／妒贤嫉能 嫉惡／嫉恶 嫉惡好善／嫉恶好善 嫉惡如仇／嫉恶如仇 嫉惡若仇／嫉恶若仇

嫉賢／嫉贤 (jíxián) 嫉賢妒能／嫉贤妒能 憤世嫉俗／愤世嫉俗 (fènshìjísú) 憤世嫉邪／愤世嫉邪 憤嫉／愤嫉 深惡痛嫉／深恶痛嫉

See also

• 忌 (jì)

References

• “嫉”, 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–

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Japanese

Kanji

嫉

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. envy

Readings

• On (unclassified): しつ (shitsu, Jōyō)
• Kun: ねたむ (netamu, 嫉む); そねむ (sonemu, 嫉む); にくむ (nikumu, 嫉む)

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 嫉 (MC d͡ziɪt̚).

Hanja

Wikisource嫉 (eumhun 미워할 질 (miwohal jil))

1. Hanja form^? of 질 (“jealousy”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 질투 (嫉妬, jiltu)
• 질시 (嫉視, jilsi)
• 모질 (媢嫉, mojil)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

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Vietnamese

Han character

嫉: Hán Nôm readings: tật

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