距

距 U+8DDD, 距 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8DDD ← 跜 [U+8DDC] CJK Unified Ideographs 跞 → [U+8DDE]

Translingual

Han character

距 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口一尸尸 (RMSS), four-corner 6111₇, composition ⿰𧾷巨)

Derived characters

• 𭞯

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1224, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37481
• Dae Jaweon: page 1695, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3690, character 2
• Unihan data for U+8DDD

Chinese

trad.		距
simp. #		距
alternative forms		歫 𧣒 𧣻

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
柜	*kaʔ
渠	*ɡa
磲	*ɡa
蕖	*ɡa
蟝	*ɡa
璖	*ɡa
巨	*ɡaʔ
距	*ɡaʔ
拒	*ɡaʔ
苣	*ɡaʔ
炬	*ɡaʔ
詎	*ɡaʔ, *ɡas
鉅	*ɡaʔ
秬	*ɡaʔ
粔	*ɡaʔ
駏	*ɡaʔ
歫	*ɡaʔ
矩	*kʷaʔ
榘	*kʷaʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡaʔ): semantic 足 (“foot”) + phonetic 巨 (OC *ɡaʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jù (ju⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): keoi⁵ / geoi⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): khî

  (Hailu, HRS): ki^ˋ

• Eastern Min (BUC): gê̤ṳ / gé̤ṳ
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gy⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kǐr / kū / kī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ge⁶ / gu⁶

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶jiu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jù
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyù
    • Wade–Giles: chü⁴
    • Yale: jyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuh
    • Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: keoi⁵ / geoi⁶
    • Yale: kéuih / geuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: koey⁵ / goey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: kêu⁵ / gêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɵy̯¹³/, /kɵy̯²²/

Note: geoi6 - uncommon.

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khî
    • Hakka Romanization System: ki^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ki¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: ki^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gê̤ṳ / gé̤ṳ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /køy²⁴²/, /køy²¹³/

Note:

• gê̤ṳ - vernacular;
• gé̤ṳ - literary.

• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gy⁵
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gṳ̄
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ky¹¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gy⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ky²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǐr
    • Tâi-lô: kǐr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɯ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kū
    • Tâi-lô: kū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ku
    • IPA (Taipei): /ku³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ku²²/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kī
    • Tâi-lô: kī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ki
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ge⁶ / gu⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kṳ̆ / kŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɯ³⁵/, /ku³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁶jiu
    • MiniDict: jiu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³jjy
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑy²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /d͡ʑy²³¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /d͡ʑy¹¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: gjoX

Rime
Character	距
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	其吕切
Baxter	gjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨʌX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiɔX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiɔX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gɨə̆X/
Li Rong	/ɡiɔX/
Wang Li	/ɡĭoX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	geoi6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	距
Reading #	1/1
No.	7048
Phonetic component	巨
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ɡaʔ/

Definitions

距

1. spur (of a cock, pheasant, etc.)
2. to be apart; to be away from
3. distance
4. (literary) to arrive; to reach
5. alternative form of 拒 (jù, “to resist; to reject”)

   • 公輸盤九設攻城之機變，子墨子九距之。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     公输盘九设攻城之机变，子墨子九距之。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Mozi, c. 4^th century BCE

     Gōngshū Pán jiǔ shè gōng chéng zhī jībiàn, zǐ Mòzǐ jiǔ jù zhī. [Pinyin]

     Gong Shu Ban set up nine different machines of attack. Mozi repulsed him nine times.

6. alternative form of 巨 (jù, “huge; gigantic”)
7. alternative form of 詎 / 讵 (jù, “how”)

Synonyms

• (to be apart): 距離／距离 (jùlí)
• (distance): 距離／距离 (jùlí)

Compounds

• 垂直距離 / 垂直距离
• 安全距離 / 安全距离
• 差距 (chājù)
• 弦心距
• 拔距
• 有效距離 / 有效距离
• 株距 (zhūjù)
• 深閉固距 / 深闭固距
• 焦距 (jiāojù)
• 相距 (xiāngjù)
• 礪吻磨距 / 砺吻磨距
• 秒差距 (miǎochājù)
• 等距
• 級距 / 级距
• 螺距 (luójù)
• 行距
• 行車距離 / 行车距离
• 貧富差距 / 贫富差距 (pínfù chājù)
• 超距
• 距今 (jùjīn)
• 距塞
• 距躍 / 距跃
• 距闉 / 距𬮱
• 距離 / 距离 (jùlí)
• 軌距 / 轨距 (guǐjù)
• 軸距 / 轴距
• 輪距 / 轮距
• 遠距教學 / 远距教学
• 遠距醫療 / 远距医疗
• 麟角鳳距 / 麟角凤距