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竊
竊
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Translingual
Han character
竊 (radical 116 穴+17, 22 strokes, cangjie input 十金竹木月 (JCHDB), four-corner 30927)
References
- KangXi: page 870, character 8
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25713
- Dae Jaweon: page 1299, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2747, character 7
- Unihan data for U+7ACA
Chinese
| trad. | 竊 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 窃 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄝˋ
- Wade-Giles: ch'ieh4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chieh
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: sit3
- Yale: sit
- Cantonese Pinyin: sit8
- IPA (key): /siːt̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 竊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 清 (14) |
| Final (韻) | 屑 (87) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 千結切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/t͡sʰet̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/t͡sʰet̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/t͡sʰɛt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/t͡sʰɛt̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/t͡sʰet̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/t͡sʰiet̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/t͡sʰiet̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
qie |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 竊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
qiè |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ tshet › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[tsʰ]ˤet/ |
| English | steal |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 竊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 10472 |
| Phonetic component |
竊 |
| Rime group |
月 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
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| Old Chinese |
/*sʰleːd/ |
Definitions
竊
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 窃)
Readings
Usage notes
Not used in modern Japanese. Superseded by the 新字体 (shinjitai, “new form”) of 窃.
Korean
Hanja
竊 • (jeol) (hangeul 절, revised jeol, McCune-Reischauer chŏl, Yale cel)
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Vietnamese
Han character
竊 (thiết)
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Etymology
| Historical forms of the character 竊
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| Small seal script |
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Ideogram (指事) - many (廿) termites (禼) taking grain (米) and hiding it in their nest (穴), hence the definitions "secretly", "stealthily", "to steal". In modern form, 米 looks like 釆 because 廿 has become one stroke and merged with 米.