婕

See also: 媫

婕 U+5A55, 婕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A55 ← 婔 [U+5A54] CJK Unified Ideographs 婖 → [U+5A56]

Translingual

Han character

婕 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女十中人 (VJLO), four-corner 4548₁, composition ⿰女疌)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 264, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6412
• Dae Jaweon: page 531, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1057, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5A55

Chinese

trad.		婕
simp. #		婕
alternative forms		媫

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (疌) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
疀	*sʰreːb
萐	*zreːb, *sreːb, *sreb
箑	*sreːb, *sreb
啑	*sraːb, *tiːɡs
睫	*ʔseb
婕	*ʔseb
緁	*sʰeb
捷	*zeb
疌	*zeb
寁	*ʔsuːmʔ, *zeb
倢	*zeb
崨	*zeb
踕	*zeb
誱	*zeb
徢	*seːb
蜨	*seːb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔseb): semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 疌 (OC *zeb).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jié (jie²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zit³ / zip³ / zit⁶
• Eastern Min (BUC): ciĕk

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jié
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jié
    • Wade–Giles: chieh²
    • Yale: jyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jye
    • Palladius: цзе (cze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zit³ / zip³ / zit⁶
    • Yale: jit / jip / jiht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzit⁸ / dzip⁸ / dzit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jid³ / jib³ / jid⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːt̚³/, /t͡siːp̚³/, /t͡siːt̚²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ciĕk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sieʔ⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsjep

Rime
Character	婕
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	葉 (155)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	即葉切
Baxter	tsjep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siᴇp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjæp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡siap̚/
Li Rong	/t͡siɛp̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭɛp̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ɛp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jie
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zip3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔseb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	婕
Reading #	1/1
No.	6448
Phonetic component	疌
Rime group	盍
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	接
Old Chinese	/*ʔseb/

Definitions

婕

1. used in 婕妤 (jiéyú)
2. Used in female personal names.

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jié (jie²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jié
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jié
    • Wade–Giles: chieh²
    • Yale: jyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jye
    • Palladius: цзе (cze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/

Definitions

婕

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) beautiful

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiè (qie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄝˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciè
    • Wade–Giles: chʻieh⁴
    • Yale: chyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chieh
    • Palladius: це (ce)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹/

Definitions

婕

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Japanese

Kanji

婕

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. handsome

Readings

• On (unclassified): しょう (shō)^{←せふ (sefu, historical)}
• Kun: みめよい (mimeyoi, 婕い)

Korean

Hanja

婕 • (cheop) (hangeul 첩, revised cheop, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏp)

1. imperial concubine
2. beautiful

Vietnamese

Han character

婕: Hán Nôm readings: tiệp

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References

• Nom Foundation