岌

岌 U+5C8C, 岌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C8C ← 岋 [U+5C8B] CJK Unified Ideographs 岍 → [U+5C8D]

Translingual

Han character

岌 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+4 in traditional Chinese and Korean, 山+3 in mainland China and Japanese, 7 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 6 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 山弓竹水 (UNHE), four-corner 2224₇, composition ⿱山及)

Derived characters

• 𠈶, 𠲺, 𢚼, 𣵵, 𥆹, 𧋏, 𫻅, 𩣞, 𩷘

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 308, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7929
• Dae Jaweon: page 607, character 35
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 764, character 19
• Unihan data for U+5C8C

Chinese

trad.		岌
simp. #		岌
alternative forms		圾 岋

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
趿	*sqʰɯːb
鈒	*sqʰɯːb, *sqʰrɯb
靸	*sqʰɯːb, *sqʰaːb
馺	*sqʰɯːb
砐	*ŋɡɯːb
魥	*ŋɡɯːb, *kʰab
扱	*skʰrɯːb
笈	*skʰrɯːb, *ɡrab, *ɡab, *ɡrɯb
衱	*ɡrab, *kab
极	*ɡrab, *ɡab
昅	*ɡab
雭	*sqʰrɯb
急	*krɯb
級	*krɯb
汲	*krɯb
芨	*krɯb
伋	*krɯb
彶	*krɯb
及	*ɡrɯb
岌	*ŋɡrɯb
吸	*qʰrɯb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋɡrɯb): semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 及 (OC *ɡrɯb).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jí (ji²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kap¹ / gap⁶ / ngap⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gi̍p

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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: kap¹ / gap⁶ / ngap⁶
    • Yale: kāp / gahp / ngahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kap⁷ / gap⁹ / ngap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: keb¹ / geb⁶ / ngeb⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐp̚⁵/, /kɐp̚²/, /ŋɐp̚²/

Note: gap6, ngap6 - variant.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gi̍p
    • Tâi-lô: gi̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gip
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡip̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡip̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡip̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡip̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡip̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: ngip

Rime
Character	岌
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	緝 (142)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	魚及切
Baxter	ngip
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠiɪp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚip̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiep̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋjip̚/
Li Rong	/ŋjəp̚/
Wang Li	/ŋĭĕp̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋi̯əp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngap6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋɡrɯb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	岌
Reading #	1/1
No.	5666
Phonetic component	及
Rime group	緝
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	岌
Old Chinese	/*ŋɡrɯb/

Definitions

岌

1. (literary) lofty; towering
2. used in 岌岌 (jíjí, “perilous”)
3. used in 岦岌

Compounds

• 危岌
• 岌岌 (jíjí)
• 岌岌可危 (jíjíkěwēi)
• 岌峇
• 岌峨
• 岌峩
• 岌嶪 / 岌𰎑
• 岌嶷
• 岦岌
• 崟岌
• 嵬岌
• 嶪岌 / 𰎑岌
• 嶷岌
• 高岌

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngap⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ngap⁶
    • Yale: ngahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngeb⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐp̚²/

Definitions

岌

1. (Cantonese) to nod

Compounds

• 岌頭 / 岌头

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 岌 – see 岃 (“hill”). (This character is a variant form of 岃).

Japanese

Kanji

岌

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ごう (gō)
• Kan-on: ぎゅう (gyū)
• Kan’yō-on: きゅう (kyū)
• Kun: たかい (takai, 岌い)

Korean

Hanja

岌 (eumhun 높을 급 (nopeul geup))

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References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 岌