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蒺

蒺

Translingual

Han character

蒺 (radical 140 艸+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿大人大 (TKOK), four-corner 4413₄)

furze
gorse

References

KangXi: page 1050, character 11

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31622

Dae Jaweon: page 1511, character 19

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3268, character 2

Unihan data for U+84BA

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蒺

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (疾) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
嫉	zids, zid
疾	*zid
蒺	*zid
愱	*zid
槉	*zid

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): jí (ji²)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zat⁶, zaat⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: jí
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ
  - Wade-Giles: chih²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyi
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zat⁶, zaat⁶
  - Yale: jaht, jaaht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzat⁹, dzaat⁹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐt̚²/, /t͡sɑːt̚²/

Middle Chinese: /d͡ziɪt̚/▼

Rime
Character	蒺
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	質 (48)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	秦悉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zjet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zit̚/
Li Rong	/d͡ziĕt̚/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭĕt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jí

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*zid/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蒺
Reading #	1/1
No.	5741
Phonetic component	疾
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	疾
Old Chinese	/*zid/

Definitions

蒺

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Compounds

蒺藜 (jílí)

鐵蒺藜／铁蒺藜

References

(Cantonese) Multi-function Chinese Character Database (漢語多功能字庫)

Japanese

Kanji

蒺

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On: しつ (shitsu), じち (jichi), しょく (shoku), じ (ji), き (ki)

Kun: はまびし (hamabishi)

Korean

Hanja

蒺 • ‎(jil) (hangeul 질, revised jil, McCune-Reischauer chil, Yale cil)

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