屆

屆

See also: 届

屆 U+5C46, 屆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C46 ← 居 [U+5C45] CJK Unified Ideographs 屇 → [U+5C47]

Translingual

Japanese	届
Simplified	届
Traditional	屆

Han character

屆 (Kangxi radical 44, 尸+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 尸山土 (SUG), four-corner 7727₂, composition ⿸尸凷)

Derived characters

• 𥇵, 𨵠

Descendants

• 届 (Japanese shinjitai and simplified Chinese)

References

• KangXi: page 301, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7666
• Dae Jaweon: page 597, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 968, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5C46

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Chinese

trad.		屆
simp.		届

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
凷	*kʰuːds
屆	*krɯːds

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *krɯːds) : semantic 尸 (“body”) + phonetic 凷 (OC *kʰuːds)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): jiè (jie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˋ

  (Chengdu, SP): jiai⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai³
• Min Nan (POJ): kài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiè
    • Wade–Giles: chieh⁴
    • Yale: jyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieh
    • Palladius: цзе (cze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjɛ⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: jiai⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: giai
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiɛi²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaai³
    • Yale: gaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːi̯³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kài
    • Tâi-lô: kài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kai²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /kˠɛi^H/

Rime
Character	屆
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	皆 (33)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古拜切
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

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤr[i][t]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*krɯːds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	屆
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiè
Middle Chinese	‹ kɛjH ›
Old Chinese	/*kˁr[i][t]-s/
English	reach to
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	屆
Reading #	1/1
No.	7507
Phonetic component	凷
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	誡
Old Chinese	/*krɯːds/

Definitions

屆

1. ^† to arrive; to reach; to come or go to a particular destination; to be at a location or moment

   屆時／届时  ―  jièshí  ―  by the time

   年屆六旬／年届六旬  ―  niánjiè liùxún  ―  to be in one's sixties

   • 峨峨嶪嶪，罔識所屆。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     峨峨𰎑𰎑，罔识所届。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 3rd century, He Yan (何晏), Jingfu Palace (《景福殿賦》)

     É'é yèyè, wǎngshí suǒjiè. [Pinyin]

     Majestic, outstanding,
     None knows where those sights end.

   • 屆於七澤，濱於十死。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     届于七泽，滨于十死。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 578, Yu Xin (庾信), The Lament for the South (《哀江南賦》)

     Jiè yú qīzé, bīn yú shísǐ. [Pinyin]

     I was stranded in the marshes of Chu,
     And narrowly escaped the jaws of war.

   • 宕而失水，屆於陽瀕。 [MSC, trad.]
     宕而失水，届于阳濒。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: c. 7th century, Lu Zhaolin (盧照鄰), A Fish out of Water (《窮魚賦》)

     Dàng ér shī shuǐ, jiè yú yáng bīn. [Pinyin]

     Tarrying beyond the native waters,
     The fish found itself by a sunlit shore.

2. Classifier for times, terms, graduation classes, periodically convened events, etc.

   第一屆奧運會／第一届奥运会  ―  dì-yī jiè Àoyùnhuì  ―  Games of the I Olympiad

   換屆選舉／换届选举  ―  huànjiè xuǎnjǔ  ―  elections for the next term

   這屆人民不行。／这届人民不行。  ―  Zhèjiè rénmín bùxíng.  ―  (This government is alright,) it's the common subjects of this term that aren't up to their mandate.

   老三屆／老三届  ―  lǎosānjiè  ―  High school graduation classes of 1966–1968

Compounds

屆時／届时 (jièshí) 屆期／届期 屆滿／届满 (jièmǎn)

屆臨／届临 年屆不惑／年届不惑 應屆／应届 (yīngjiè)

歷屆／历届 (lìjiè) 無遠弗屆／无远弗届 (wúyuǎnfújiè)

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Japanese

Shinjitai	届
Kyūjitai	屆

Kanji

屆

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 届)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): かい (kai)
• Kun: とどける (todokeru), とどく (todoku), とどけ (todoke)

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Korean

Hanja

屆 • (gye) (hangeul 계, revised gye, McCune–Reischauer kye)

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Vietnamese

Han character

屆: Hán Việt readings: giới

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