桔

See also: 橘

桔	U+6854, 桔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6854

← 桓
[U+6853]

CJK Unified Ideographs

桕 →
[U+6855]

Translingual

Han character

桔 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 木土口 (DGR), four-corner 4496₁, composition ⿰木吉)

References

KangXi: page 526, character 8
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14777
Dae Jaweon: page 915, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1194, character 3
Unihan data for U+6854

Chinese

simp. and trad.		桔

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
秸	kriːl, kriːd
髻	*kiːds
夡	*kʰids
鴶	*kriːd
袺	kriːd, kiːd
頡	kriːd, ɡiːd
劼	*kʰriːd
硈	*kʰriːd
咭	kʰriːd, ɡlid, *qʰlid
黠	*ɡriːd
聐	*ŋreːd
趌	ked, klid, kʰid, ɡrid
結	*kiːd
拮	kiːd, klid
桔	*kiːd
狤	kiːd, klid, *ɡrid
擷	qʰiːd, ɡiːd
襭	*ɡiːd
翓	*ɡiːd
纈	*ɡiːd
吉	*klid
郆	*kid
詰	*kʰid
蛣	*kʰid
佶	ɡlid, ɡrid
鮚	*ɡrid
姞	*ɡrid
欯	*qʰlid
恄	*qʰlid

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kiːd) : semantic 木 (“wood”) + phonetic 吉 (OC *klid).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jié (jie²)
(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): git³, gat¹

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: git³, gat¹
  - Yale: git, gāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: git⁸, gat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: gid³, ged¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːt̚³/, /kɐt̚⁵/

Middle Chinese: /ket̚/

Rime
Character	桔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	先 (87)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	古屑切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ket̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ket̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛt̚/
Li Rong	/ket̚/
Wang Li	/kiet̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kiet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jie
Expected Cantonese Reflex	git³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kiːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	桔
Reading #	1/1
No.	5683
Phonetic component	吉
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	結
Old Chinese	/*kiːd/

Definitions

桔

Used in 桔梗 (jiégěng).
Used in 桔槔 (jiégāo, “well sweep”); also used as its short form.
^† to suspend with a well sweep

Compounds

桔桀
桔梗 (jiégěng)

桔槔 (jiégāo)

桔槔烽

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jú (ju²)
(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gat¹
Min Nan (POJ): kiat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jú
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jyú
  - Wade–Giles: chü²
  - Yale: jyú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyu
  - Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy³⁵/
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

桔

Alternative form of 橘 (jú).

Usage notes

桔 was included as the simplified form of 橘 in the second round of simplification in 1977. The current standard in Mainland China, the Table of General Standard Chinese Characters (通用规范汉字表), does not mention that 桔 is a simplification of 橘. A Dictionary of Current Chinese (现代汉语词典) and the Xinhua Dictionary (新华字典) list 桔 as a separate entry from 橘 (unlike other variants, which are usually put beside the main character in parentheses) and define 桔 as a common variant for 橘, while Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian (《现代汉语规范词典》) proscribes the use of 桔 as the simplified form of 橘.

In Cantonese, 桔 is generally used for gat¹, while 橘 is used for gwat¹.

Compounds

柑桔
桔仔
桔仔汁

金桔 (jīnjú)
金桔仔

桔仔餅／桔仔饼
運桔／运桔

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xié (xie²)
(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kit³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xié
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sié
  - Wade–Giles: hsieh²
  - Yale: syé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shye
  - Palladius: се (se)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: kit³
  - Yale: kit
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kit⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: kid³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːt̚³/

Definitions

桔

Only used in 桔柣.

References

“桔”, 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

桔

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

(used in plant names)

Readings

Go-on: けち (kechi)
Kan-on: けつ (ketsu)
Kan’yō-on: きち (kichi)
Kun: き (ki)

Compounds

桔梗 (ききょう, kikyō): the platycodon or Chinese bellflower, Platycodon grandiflorus
桔木 (はねぎ, hanegi): a wooden lever used to remove something; part of a roof; part of a ship's stern
桔槹 (きっこう, kikkō; けっこう, kekkō): alternate for 撥ね釣瓶, 撥釣瓶 (はねつるべ, hanetsurube): an early kind of device using a long pole with a counterbalance as a lever to get water out of a well

Korean

Hanja

桔 • (gil) (hangeul 길, revised gil, McCune–Reischauer kil, Yale kil)

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Vietnamese

Han character

桔: Hán Nôm readings: cát, quất, kết

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