雉
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Translingual
Han character
雉 (Kangxi radical 172, 隹+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 人大人土 (OKOG), four-corner 80414, composition ⿰矢隹)
References
- KangXi: page 1365, character 24
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41987
- Dae Jaweon: page 1870, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4097, character 1
- Unihan data for U+96C9
Chinese
simp. and trad. | 雉 |
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Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (矢) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Old Chinese | |
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彘 | *l'eds |
璏 | *l'eds, *ɢʷleds, *ɢʷled |
薙 | *l̥ʰiːs, *ljiʔ, *l'iʔ |
知 | *ʔl'e |
蜘 | *te |
智 | *ʔl'es |
鼅 | *te |
潪 | *teɡs, *deɡ |
踟 | *de |
雉 | *l'iʔ |
矢 | *hliʔ |
痴 | *l̥ʰɯ |
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-rik ~ *s-ryak (“pheasant, partridge”) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007).
- Inside Chinese, cognate with 翟 (OC *r'aːwɢ, *l'eːwɢ, “long-tailed pheasant”) and 雒 (OC *ɡ·raːɡ).
- Outside Chinese, cognate with Burmese ရစ် (rac), Tibetan [script needed] (sreg-pa, “partridge”), Mizo va-hrit. & possibly Chepang [script needed] (rut-waʔ).
Pronunciation
Definitions
雉
- pheasant
- 今有雉、兔同籠,上有三十五頭,下有九十四足。問雉、兔各幾何。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 3rd–5th century, Sunzi Suanjing
- Jīn yǒu zhì, tù tóng lóng, shàng yǒu sānshíwǔ tóu, xià yǒu jiǔshísì zú. Wèn zhì, tù gè jǐhé. [Pinyin]
- There are pheasants and hares in a cage, with thirty-five heads on top and ninety-four feet below. We ask that how many pheasants and hares are there each.
今有雉、兔同笼,上有三十五头,下有九十四足。问雉、兔各几何。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- crenellated wall
- an ancient Chinese measuring unit of the area of walls equivalent to three chi in length by one chi in height
- 都城過百雉,國之害也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE
- Dū chéng guò bǎi zhì, guó zhī hài yě. [Pinyin]
- A city with walls larger than 300 chi by 1 chi endangers the country.
都城过百雉,国之害也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 雉 (“pheasant”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words edit |
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Classical Chinese | 雉 | |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 雉, 雉雞, 野雞 | |
Mandarin | Harbin | 野雞, 山雞 |
Yantai (Muping) | 野雞 | |
Jinan | 野雞 | |
Luoyang | 野雞 | |
Wanrong | 野雞 | |
Xi'an | 野雞 | |
Yinchuan | 野雞 | |
Xining | 野雞, 馬班子 | |
Ürümqi | 野雞 | |
Wuhan | 野雞, 野雞子 | |
Chengdu | 野雞 | |
Guiyang | 野雞, 慶雞, 錦雞 | |
Liuzhou | 野雞, 山雞 | |
Xuzhou | 野雞 | |
Yangzhou | 野雞 | |
Nanjing | 野雞, 山雞 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 野雞, 山雞, 雉雞 |
Hong Kong | 山雞 | |
Dongguan | 山雞 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 野雞 |
Lichuan | 野雞 | |
Pingxiang | 野雞 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 野雞, 山雞, 雉雞 |
Yudu | 野雞 | |
Huizhou | Jixi | 山雞 |
Jin | Taiyuan | 野雞 |
Xinzhou | 野雞 | |
Min Bei | Jian'ou | 山雞 |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 野雞 |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 野雞, 山雞 |
Quanzhou | 野雞, 山雞 | |
Zhangzhou | 野雞, 山雞 | |
Shantou | 山雞 | |
Leizhou | 山雞 | |
Haikou | 山雞 | |
Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 山雞 |
Wu | Shanghai | 野雞 |
Shanghai (Chongming) | 野雞 | |
Suzhou | 野雞 | |
Danyang | 野雞 | |
Hangzhou | 野雞 | |
Ningbo | 野雞 | |
Wenzhou | 野雞, 山雞 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 野雞 |
Loudi | 野雞 |
Compounds
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Japanese
Alternative forms
- 雉子
Kanji
雉
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- green pheasant
Readings
- Go-on: じ (ji)←ぢ (di, historical)
- Kan-on: ち (chi)
- Kun: きじ (kiji, 雉); かき (kaki)
Etymology
Kanji in this term |
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雉 |
きじ Hyōgaiji |
kun’yomi |
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Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) きじ [kìjí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
- IPA(key): [kʲiʑi]
Noun
雉 • (kiji)
- a green pheasant
Usage notes
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as キジ.
References
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
雉 (eum 치 (chi))
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Vietnamese
Han character
雉: Hán Nôm readings: trĩ
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