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哲

哲

哲 U+54F2, 哲
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54F2
← 哱
[U+54F1] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 哳 →
[U+54F3]

Translingual

Han character

哲 (radical 30 口+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 手中口 (QLR), four-corner 52602, composition ⿱折口)

  1. wise, sagacious
  2. wise man, sage

References

  • KangXi: page 191, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3667
  • Dae Jaweon: page 410, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 625, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+54F2

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 哲

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 哲
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 知 (9)
Final (韻) 薛 (83)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) Chongniu III
Fanqie 陟列切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʈˠiᴇt̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʈᵚiɛt̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ȶiæt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʈiat̚/
Li
Rong		 /ȶjɛt̚/
Wang
Li		 /ȶĭɛt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ȶi̯ɛt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zhe
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 哲
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 zhé
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ trjet ›
Old
Chinese		 /*tr[e]t/
English wise

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 哲
Reading # 1/1
No. 16941
Phonetic
component		 折
Rime
group		 月
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 哲
Old
Chinese		 /*ʔl'ed/

Definitions

哲

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Compounds

  • 哲人 (zhérén)
  • 哲人其萎
  • 哲人石
  • 哲學／哲学 (zhéxué)
  • 哲學博士／哲学博士
  • 哲學史／哲学史

Japanese

Kanji

哲

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. philosophy
  2. clear

Readings

Proper noun

哲 ‎(hiragana さとし, romaji Satoshi)

  1. A male given name

哲 ‎(hiragana てつ, romaji Tetsu)

  1. A male given name

Korean

Hanja

哲 • ‎(cheol)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 철 (revised: cheol, McCune-Reischauer: ch'ŏl)
  • Name (hangeul): 밝을()
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Vietnamese

Han character

哲 (triết, chít, trết, trít)

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