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Translingual
Han character
介 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 人中中 (OLL), four-corner 80220, composition ⿱人⿰丿丨)
Derived characters
Descendants
- ケ (Katakana character derived from Man'yōgana)
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
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 人 (“person”) + two marks encompassing, indicating "in between". Folk etymology interprets the two marks as two components of an armor.
Etymology 1
- "to assist"
- Developed from 介 (OC *kreːds, “armored men”), from 介 (OC *kreːds, “armor”), ultimately from 介 (OC *kreːds, “scale (of animals)”). (Schuessler, 2007)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): gai4
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): jie3
- Northern Min (KCR): ga̿i
- Eastern Min (BUC): gái
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gai4
- Southern Min
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 5ka; 5cia
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gai4
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: jiè
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jiè
- Wade–Giles: chieh4
- Yale: jyè
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieh
- Palladius: цзе (cze)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: jiai4
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: giai
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕiɛi²¹³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
- Jyutping: gaai3
- Yale: gaai
- Cantonese Pinyin: gaai3
- Guangdong Romanization: gai3
- Sinological IPA (key): /kaːi̯³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: gai1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kai³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: gai4
- Sinological IPA (key): /kai³⁵/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kie
- Hakka Romanization System: gie
- Hagfa Pinyim: gie4
- Sinological IPA: /ki̯e⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiai
- Hakka Romanization System: giai
- Hagfa Pinyim: giai4
- Sinological IPA: /ki̯ai̯⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: jie3
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕie⁴⁵/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ga̿i
- Sinological IPA (key): /kai³³/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: gái
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɑi²¹³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: gai4
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ga̍i
- Sinological IPA (key): /kai⁴²/
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
Note:
- 5ka, 1ka - colloquial;
- 5cia - literary.
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: gai4
- Sinological IPA (key): /kai̯⁴⁵/
- (Changsha)
- Dialectal data
- Middle Chinese: keajH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤr[e]p-s/
- (Zhengzhang): /*kreːds/
Definitions
介
- to lie between
- to relate two things; to connect; to link; to introduce
- to assist; to help
- to hang; to suspend
- to rely on; to depend on
- firm; persistent; unswerving
- such; like this; this kind of
- Original form of 界 (jiè, “boundary; role; duty”).
- iota; tiny bit. alternative form of 芥
- Classifier for people or copper coins.
- seashell; shell
- to wear armour
- (Eastern Min) again; re-
- (Taiwan) zepto- (SI unit prefix)
- Synonym: 仄 (Mainland)
Compounds
- 一介 (yījiè)
- 一介不取 (yījiè-bùqǔ)
- 不介意 (bù jièyì)
- 不足介意
- 中介 (zhōngjiè)
- 中介社團 / 中介社团
- 人機介面 / 人机介面
- 介丘
- 介之推
- 介乎 (jièhū)
- 介介
- 介休 (Jièxiū)
- 介入 (jièrù)
- 介冑 (jièzhòu)
- 介圭
- 介士
- 介壽 / 介寿 (Jièshòu)
- 介夫
- 介子 (jièzǐ)
- 介居
- 介山
- 介幘 / 介帻
- 介弟
- 介意 (jièyì)
- 介懷 / 介怀 (jièhuái)
- 介於 / 介于 (jièyú)
- 介殼 / 介壳 (jièqiào)
- 介殼蟲 / 介壳虫
- 介母
- 介然
- 介特
- 介石
- 介福
- 介立
- 介紹 / 介绍 (jièshào)
- 介紹人 / 介绍人 (jièshàorén)
- 介紹信 / 介绍信 (jièshàoxìn)
- 介紹所 / 介绍所 (jièshàosuǒ)
- 介蟲 / 介虫 (jièchóng)
- 介許多 / 介许多
- 介詞 / 介词 (jiècí)
- 介質 / 介质 (jièzhì)
- 介電質 / 介电质
- 介面卡
- 介面板
- 介音 (jièyīn)
- 仲介 (zhòngjiè)
- 仲介公司
- 卡介苗 (kǎjièmiáo)
- 大眾媒介 / 大众媒介
- 婚友介紹 / 婚友介绍
- 媒介 (méijiè)
- 媒介體 / 媒介体
- 孤介
- 嶮介 / 崄介
- 并介之人
- 引介 (yǐnjiè)
- 張介賓 / 张介宾
- 拘介
- 推介 (tuījiè)
- 收介
- 新聞媒介 / 新闻媒介
- 橫行介士 / 横行介士
- 毫不介意
- 江介
- 清介
- 煞有介事 (shàyǒujièshì)
- 狷介
- 簡介 / 简介 (jiǎnjiè)
- 紹介 / 绍介 (shàojiè)
- 纖介 / 纤介
- 耿介 (gěngjiè)
- 耿介之士
- 自我介紹 / 自我介绍 (zìwǒ jièshào)
- 蠆介 / 虿介
- 褒采一介
- 評介 / 评介 (píngjiè)
- 譯介 / 译介 (yìjiè)
- 貴介 / 贵介
- 輕車介士 / 轻车介士
- 酒介齊眉 / 酒介齐眉
- 隱介藏形 / 隐介藏形
- 鱗介 / 鳞介
- 龍介 / 龙介 (lóngjiè)
Descendants
See also
Synonyms
References
- “介”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Etymology 2
From 個／个, attested since the Song Dynasty.
Pronunciation
Definitions
介 (Wu)
- used to indicate a great degree
- 介大 [Ningbonese] ― 5ka 6du [Wugniu] ― so big
- an adverbialiser; in the manner of
- 搿能介 [Shanghainese] ― 8geq-nen-ka [Wugniu] ― in this way
- 像伊一能介 [Shanghainese] ― 6zhian 6yi 7iq-nen-ka [Wugniu] ― in the manner of him
Synonyms
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
- Jyutping: gai1
- Yale: gāi
- Cantonese Pinyin: gai1
- Guangdong Romanization: gei1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɐi̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
Definitions
介
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ke
- Hakka Romanization System: ge
- Hagfa Pinyim: ge4
- Sinological IPA: /ke⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
Definitions
介
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Japanese
Kanji
介
Readings
Compounds
Related terms
- 介する
- 介添え
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 介 (MC keajH).
Pronunciation
Affix
References
- “△介”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
Korean
Hanja
- forerunner, herald, harbinger
- to lie between
- sea shell
- to wear armor
Vietnamese
Han character
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