詰

詰

See also: 诘

詰 U+8A70, 詰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8A70 ← 詯 [U+8A6F] CJK Unified Ideographs 話 → [U+8A71]

Translingual

Han character

詰 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜口土口 (YRGR), four-corner 0466₁, composition ⿰訁吉)

1. question, interrogate

References

• KangXi: page 1158, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35440
• Dae Jaweon: page 1624, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3961, character 7
• Unihan data for U+8A70

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Chinese

trad.		詰
simp.		诘

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jié (jie²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kit³, gat¹

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• 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: kit³, gat¹
    • Yale: kit, gāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kit⁸, gat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: kid³, ged¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːt̚³/, /kɐt̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /kʰiɪt̚/

Rime
Character	詰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	眞 (48)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	去吉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰjet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰit̚/
Li Rong	/kʰiĕt̚/
Wang Li	/kʰĭĕt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hat1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[kʰ]i[t]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰid/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	詰
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jié
Middle Chinese	‹ khjit ›
Old Chinese	/*[kʰ]i[t]/
English	interrogate, reprimand
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	詰
Reading #	1/1
No.	5697
Phonetic component	吉
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	詰
Old Chinese	/*kʰid/

Definitions

詰

1. to ask; to enquire
2. to question; to interrogate; to call to account
3. to investigate and handle
4. the next day; tomorrow
5. bent; twisty

Compounds

反詰／反诘 (fǎnjié) 喬詰／乔诘 查詰／查诘 盤詰／盘诘 研詰／研诘 究詰／究诘

維摩詰／维摩诘 詰問／诘问 (jiéwèn) 詰屈／诘屈 (jiéqū) 詰屈聱牙／诘屈聱牙 詰旦／诘旦 詰曲／诘曲

詰禁／诘禁 詰責／诘责 (jiézé) 詰難／诘难 (jiénàn) 責詰／责诘 駁詰／驳诘

References

• “詰”, 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

詰

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: きち (kichi)
• Kan-on: きつ (kitsu, Jōyō)
• Kun: つまる (tsumaru, 詰まる, Jōyō); つめる (tsumeru, 詰める, Jōyō); つむ (tsumu, 詰む, Jōyō); なじる (najiru, 詰る)

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Korean

Hanja

詰 • (hil) (hangeul 힐, revised hil, McCune–Reischauer hil, Yale hil)

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Vietnamese

Glyph origin (Nom)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kʰid) : semantic 言 (ngôn, “speech”) + phonetic 吉 (cát).

Han character

詰: Hán Việt readings: cật[1][2][3][4][5][6]
詰: Nôm readings: cật[1][2][3], gạt[2][3], gật[1], cợt[2], gợt[3], ngặt[1]

1. chữ Hán form of cật (“ask, question, interrogate, investigate”).
2. Nôm form of gạt (“dupe, trick”).
3. Nôm form of gật (“nod one's head in approval”).
4. Nôm form of ngặt (“strict, rigorous, impoverished”).

References

1. Nguyễn (2014).
2. Nguyễn et al. (2009).
3. Trần (2004).
4. Trần (1999).
5. Nguyễn (1974).
6. Thiều Chửu (1942).