岌

岌

岌 U+5C8C, 岌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C8C ← 岋 [U+5C8B] CJK Unified Ideographs 岍 → [U+5C8D]

Translingual

Han character

岌 (radical 46, 山+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 山弓竹水 (UNHE), four-corner 2224₇, composition ⿱山及)

1. perilous, hazardous
2. high, steep

References

• KangXi: page 308, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7929
• Dae Jaweon: page 607, character 35
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 764, character 19
• Unihan data for U+5C8C

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		岌

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (及) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
趿	*sqʰɯːb
鈒	*sqʰɯːb, *sqʰrɯb
靸	*sqʰɯːb, *sqʰaːb
馺	*sqʰɯːb
砐	*ŋɡɯːb
魥	*ŋɡɯːb, *kʰab
扱	*skʰrɯːb
笈	*skʰrɯːb, *ɡrab, *ɡab, *ɡrɯb
衱	*ɡrab, *kab
极	*ɡrab, *ɡab
昅	*ɡab
雭	*sqʰrɯb
急	*krɯb
級	*krɯb
汲	*krɯb
芨	*krɯb
伋	*krɯb
彶	*krɯb
及	*ɡrɯb
岌	*ŋɡrɯb
吸	*qʰrɯb

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jí (ji²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kap¹, gap⁶, ngap⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): gi̍p

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jí
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ
    • Wade–Giles: chih²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyi
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kap¹, gap⁶, ngap⁶
    • Yale: kāp, gahp, ngahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kap⁷, gap⁹, ngap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: keb¹, geb⁶, ngeb⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɐp̚⁵/, /kɐp̚²/, /ŋɐp̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gi̍p
    • Tâi-lô: gi̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gip
    • IPA (Xiamen): /gip̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /gip̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /gip̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /gip̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /gip̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /ŋˠiɪp̚/▼

Rime
Character	岌
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	緝 (142)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III
Fanqie	魚及切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠiɪp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚip̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiep̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋjip̚/
Li Rong	/ŋjəp̚/
Wang Li	/ŋĭĕp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯əp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yì

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋɡrɯb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	岌
Reading #	1/1
No.	5666
Phonetic component	及
Rime group	緝
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	岌
Old Chinese	/*ŋɡrɯb/

Definitions

岌

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Compounds

岌岌 (jíjí) 岌岌可危

岌嶪

嶷岌

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Japanese

Kanji

岌

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ごう (gō)
• Kan-on: ぎゅう (gyū)
• Kan’yō-on: きゅう (kyū)
• Kun: たかい (takai)

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Korean

Hanja

岌 (eum 급 (geup))

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Vietnamese

Han character

岌: Hán Nôm readings: ngập

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