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U+4ECB, 介
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4ECB

[U+4ECA]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4ECC]

Translingual

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Han character

(Kangxi radical 9, +2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 人中中 (OLL), four-corner 80220, composition 丿)

Derived characters

Descendants

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 91, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 359
  • Dae Jaweon: page 194, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 103, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+4ECB
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Chinese

Glyph origin

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Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): (“person”) + two marks encompassing, indicating "in between". Folk etymology interprets the two marks as two components of an armor.

Etymology 1

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"to assist"
Developed from (OC *kreːds, “armored men”), from (OC *kreːds, “armor”), ultimately from (OC *kreːds, “scale (of animals)”). (Schuessler, 2007)

Pronunciation


Note:
  • 5ka, 1ka - colloquial;
  • 5cia - literary.

  • Dialectal data
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Definitions

  1. to lie between
  2. to relate two things; to connect; to link; to introduce
  3. to assist; to help
  4. to hang; to suspend
  5. to rely on; to depend on
  6. firm; persistent; unswerving
  7. such; like this; this kind of
  8. Original form of (jiè, “boundary; role; duty”).
  9. iota; tiny bit. alternative form of
  10. Classifier for people or copper coins.
  11. seashell; shell
  12. to wear armour
  13. (Eastern Min) again; re-
  14. (Taiwan) zepto- (SI unit prefix)
    Synonym: (Mainland)

Compounds

Descendants

  • Proto-Tai: *klecꟲ

See also

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Synonyms

References

Etymology 2

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From , attested since the Song Dynasty.

Pronunciation


Definitions

(Wu)

  1. used to indicate a great degree
    [Ningbonese]   5ka 6du [Wugniu]   so big
  2. an adverbialiser; in the manner of
    搿能 [Shanghainese]   8geq-nen-ka [Wugniu]   in this way
    一能 [Shanghainese]   6zhian 6yi 7iq-nen-ka [Wugniu]   in the manner of him

Synonyms

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

Definitions

  1. (Hong Kong) Informal shorthand for (gai1).

Etymology 4

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Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. (Hakka) alternative form of  / ((particle; classifier))
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Japanese

Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

  • Go-on: (ke)
  • Kan-on: かい (kai, Jōyō)
  • Kun: たすける (tasukeru, 介ける)すけ (suke, )
  • Nanori: あき (aki)ゆき (yuki)

Compounds

  • 介する
  • 介添え

Etymology

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From Middle Chinese (MC keajH).

Pronunciation

Affix

(かい) (kai) 

  1. to be between, mediate
  2. assist; help
  3. shell, shellfish
  4. armor

Korean

Hanja

(eum (gae))

  1. forerunner, herald, harbinger
  2. to lie between
  3. sea shell
  4. to wear armor

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: giới

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