摯

See also: 挚

摯 U+646F, 摯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-646F ← 摮 [U+646E] CJK Unified Ideographs 摰 → [U+6470]

Translingual

Han character

摯 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 土戈手 (GIQ), four-corner 4450₂, composition ⿱執手)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 451, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12632
• Dae Jaweon: page 801, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1939, character 10
• Unihan data for U+646F

Chinese

trad.		摯
simp.		挚

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
騺	*tibs
摯	*tjibs
贄	*tjibs
鷙	*tjibs
墊	*tiːms, *diːb
慹	*tjeb, *ndiːb, *sdib, *tjib
謺	*tjeb
褺	*diːb
蓻	*stib
縶	*tib
漐	*tʰib
蟄	*dib
執	*tjib
瓡	*tjib

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tjibs): phonetic 執 (OC *tjib) + semantic 手 (“hand”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhì (zhi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhìh
    • Wade–Giles: chih⁴
    • Yale: jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyh
    • Palladius: чжи (čži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: zi³
    • Yale: ji
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chì
    • Tâi-lô: tsì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡si¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡si²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyijH

Rime
Character	摯
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	脂利切
Baxter	tsyijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ciH/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiH/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[t]ip-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjibs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	摯
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhì
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyijH ›
Old Chinese	/*[t]ip-s/
English	seize
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	摯
Reading #	1/1
No.	17276
Phonetic component	執
Rime group	位
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	至
Old Chinese	/*tjibs/

Definitions

摯

1. sincere; earnest
2. Emperor Zhi, legendary ruler of ancient China
3. a surname
4. Zhi, a state of Shang-era China, connected with the Ren clan

   • 摯仲氏任、自彼殷商、來嫁于周、曰嬪于京。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     挚仲氏任、自彼殷商、来嫁于周、曰嫔于京。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zhì Zhòngshì rèn, zì bǐ Yīnshāng, lái jià yú Zhōu, yuē pín yú jīng. [Pinyin]

     The princess of the Ren clan's Zhong lineage from Zhi, from [the domain of] Yin-shang, came to be married to the prince of Zhou, and became his wife in his capital.

5. alternative form of 鷙 / 鸷 (zhì, “fierce, ferocious”)

   • 前有摯獸，則載貔貅。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     前有挚兽，则载貔貅。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Qián yǒu zhìshòu, zé zǎi píxiū. [Pinyin]

     When there is a ferocious beast (of prey) in front, the flag with a pixiu / leopard('s skin) on it should be displayed.

Compounds

• 情真意摯 / 情真意挚
• 懇摯 / 恳挚 (kěnzhì)
• 摯友 / 挚友 (zhìyǒu)
• 摯情 / 挚情
• 摯愛 / 挚爱 (zhì'ài)
• 摯而有別 / 挚而有别
• 摯虞 / 挚虞
• 摯誠 / 挚诚
• 深摯 / 深挚
• 盧摯 / 卢挚
• 真摯 / 真挚 (zhēnzhì)
• 誠摯 / 诚挚 (chéngzhì)
• 鷹擊毛摯 / 鹰击毛挚

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 摯

摯

(Jōyō kanji)

1. sincere; seriousness
2. to hold in the hand

   Synonym: 執

3. gift (present typically carried by the visitor for ceremonious occasions)

   Synonym: 贄

4. to reach; to be full of

   Synonym: 至

5. alternative spelling of 鷙: bird of prey

Readings

• Go-on: し (shi, Jōyō)^{←し (si, historical)}
• Kan-on: し (shi, Jōyō)^{←し (si, historical)}
• Kun: いたる (itaru, 摯る)、とる (toru, 摯る)
• Nanori: すすむ (susumu)

Compounds

• 摯(し)実(じつ) (shijitsu)
• 委(い)摯(し) (ishi)
• 師(し)摯(し) (shishi)
• 真(しん)摯(し) (shinshi)
• 誠(せい)摯(し) (seishi)
• 忠(ちゅう)摯(し) (chūshi)
• 搏(はく)摯(し) (hakushi) (搏(はく)鷙(し))

References

• “^△摯”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja

摯 • (ji) (hangeul 지, revised ji, McCune–Reischauer chi, Yale ci)

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Vietnamese

Han character

摯: Hán Nôm readings: chí

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