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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 85 +7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 水手竹中 (EQHL), four-corner 32121)

  1. (geography, abbreviation) Short for 浙江: Zhejiang, the coastal province of eastern China lying between Hangzhou Bay and Fujian.
  2. (historical, geography) A former name of the Qiantang River in Zhejiang.

References

  • KangXi: page 623, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17458
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1021, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1618, character 20
  • Unihan data for U+6D59

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*ʔljeds, *ʔljed
*ʔljeds
*ɦljeds
*ɦljeds
*ɢljeds, *ɢʷleds
*l'eːl, *ʔljed, *ɦljed
*hleːws, *qʰred
*ʔr'eːd
*sɢʷled
*ʔl'ed
*ʔl'ed
*ʔl'ed
*ted
*ted
*l̥ʰed, *l̥ʰeːɡ
*ʔljed
*ʔljed
*hred

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (23)
Final () (81)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕiᴇt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕiɛt̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕjæt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ciat̚/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕiɛt̚/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕĭɛt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕi̯ɛt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhe
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 16948
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ʔljed/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 兩浙两浙
  • 江浙
  • 浙本
  • 浙東浙东
  • 浙東學派浙东学派
  • 浙江 (Zhèjiāng)
  • 浙江潮
  • 浙江省 (Zhèjiāngshěng)
  • 浙贛鐵路浙赣铁路

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(jeol)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul):  (revised: jeol, McCune-Reischauer: chŏl, Yale: cel)
  • Name (hangeul): ()
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Vietnamese

Han character

(chiết)

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