嫉

嫉 U+5AC9, 嫉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AC9 ← 嫈 [U+5AC8] CJK Unified Ideographs 嫊 → [U+5ACA]

Translingual

Han character

嫉 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女大人大 (VKOK), four-corner 4043₄, composition ⿰女疾)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 269, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6611
• Dae Jaweon: page 536, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1073, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5AC9

Chinese

trad.		嫉
simp. #		嫉
2nd round simp.		忌
alternative forms		疾 愱 㑵 𡜍 𢞱

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 嫉
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
嫉	*zids, *zid
疾	*zid
蒺	*zid
愱	*zid
槉	*zid

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zids, *zid): semantic 女 + phonetic 疾 (OC *zid).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jí (ji²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zat⁶ / zaat⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chi̍t / che̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jí
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jí
    • Wade–Giles: chi²
    • Yale: jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyi
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zat⁶ / zaat⁶
    • Yale: jaht / jaaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzat⁹ / dzaat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zed⁶ / zad⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐt̚²/, /t͡saːt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tsi̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cit
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sit̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sit̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sit̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: che̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tsi̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zek
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /t͡siɪk̚⁴/

Note:

• chi̍t - literary;
• che̍k - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: dzijH, dzit

Rime
Character	嫉	嫉
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	質 (48)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	疾二切	秦悉切
Baxter	dzijH	dzit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziɪH/	/d͡ziɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ziH/	/d͡zit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zjɪH/	/d͡zjet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ziH/	/d͡zit̚/
Li Rong	/d͡ziH/	/d͡ziĕt̚/
Wang Li	/d͡ziH/	/d͡zĭĕt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱiH/	/d͡zʱi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zì	jí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi6	zat6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zids/, /*zid/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嫉	嫉
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	5739	5742
Phonetic component	疾	疾
Rime group	至	質
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	自	疾
Old Chinese	/*zids/	/*zid/

Definitions

嫉

1. to envy; to be jealous
2. to hate; to resent

Compounds

• 好善嫉惡 / 好善嫉恶
• 妒嫉 (dùjí)
• 妒賢嫉能 / 妒贤嫉能
• 媢嫉 (màojí)
• 嫉妒 (jídù)
• 嫉恨 (jíhèn)
• 嫉惡 / 嫉恶
• 嫉惡如仇 / 嫉恶如仇
• 嫉惡好善 / 嫉恶好善
• 嫉惡若仇 / 嫉恶若仇
• 嫉賢 / 嫉贤 (jíxián)
• 嫉賢妒能 / 嫉贤妒能
• 忿世嫉俗
• 忿世嫉邪
• 憤世嫉俗 / 愤世嫉俗 (fènshìjísú)
• 憤世嫉邪 / 愤世嫉邪
• 憤嫉 / 愤嫉
• 深惡痛嫉 / 深恶痛嫉
• 矜名嫉能

See also

• 忌 (jì)

References

• “嫉”, 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–

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 嫉

嫉

(Jōyō kanji)

1. envy

Readings

• Kan-on: しつ (shitsu, Jōyō)
• Kun: ねたむ (netamu, 嫉む)、そねむ (sonemu, 嫉む)、にくむ (nikumu, 嫉む)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 嫉 (MC dzit).

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

嫉

嫉 (eumhun 미워할 질 (miwohal jil))

1. hanja form^? of 질 (“jealousy”)

Compounds

• 모질 (媢嫉, mojil)
• 질시 (嫉視, jilsi)
• 질투 (嫉妬, jiltu)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

嫉: Hán Nôm readings: tật

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