Translingual

Han character

継 (radical 120 糸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女火女火木 (VFVFD), composition ⿰糹⿺𠃊米)

1. continue, maintain, carry on

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 926, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27531
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3407, character 7
• Unihan data for U+7D99

Chinese

Usage notes

This is the simplified form of 繼 that was used in Singapore from 1969 to 1976. Singapore, like the PRC, now uses 继.

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 繼)

1. acquire by birthright
2. follow in someone's footsteps or position
3. (clothes) patch
4. (be) grafted into a tree

Readings

• Goon: け (ke)
• Kan’on: けい (kei)
• Kun: つぐ (tsugu), つぎ (tsugi), まま (mama)

Korean

Hanja

継 • ‎(gye) (hangeul 계, revised gye, McCune-Reischauer kye, Yale kyey)

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