済

済

See also: 濟 and 济

済 U+6E08, 済 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E08 ← 渇 [U+6E07] CJK Unified Ideographs 渉 → [U+6E09]

Translingual

Traditional	濟
Shinjitai	済
Simplified	济

Han character

済 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水卜大中 (EYKL) or X水卜大中 (XEYKL), composition ⿰氵斉)

1. help, aid, relieve
2. ferry, cross

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 633, character 37
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17749
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1659, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6E08

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 濟 (齊 → 斉).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 済 – see 濟 (“to cross a river; to ferry; to help; to aid; to relieve; etc.”). (This character, 済, is the former (1935–1936) ROC simplified and variant form of 濟.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02354-002

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Japanese

Shinjitai	済
Kyūjitai	濟

Kanji

済

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 濟)

1. settle, finish, feel at ease

Readings

• Go-on: さい (sai, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: せい (sei)
• Kan’yō-on: ざい (zai)
• Kun: すむ (sumu, 済む, Jōyō); すます (sumasu, 済ます, Jōyō); わたる (wataru, 済る); わたす (watasu, 済す); すくう (sukuu, 済う)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
済
す(み) > ず(み) Grade: 6

Alternative spelling
濟 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 済 – see the following entry.

【ずみ】 [suffix] done, finished Alternative spellings 済み, 済

(This term, 済, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)