蹐

蹐 U+8E50, 蹐 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8E50 ← 蹏 [U+8E4F] CJK Unified Ideographs 蹑 → [U+8E51]

Translingual

Han character

蹐 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 口一火金月 (RMFCB), four-corner 6112₇, composition ⿰𧾷脊)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1231, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37766
• Dae Jaweon: page 1703, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3730, character 7
• Unihan data for U+8E50

Chinese

trad.		蹐
simp. #		蹐

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
脊	*ʔseɡ
蹐	*ʔseɡ
鶺	*ʔseɡ
塉	*zeɡ
瘠	*zeɡ
膌	*zeɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jí (ji²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zek³ / zik³

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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–Macau)
    • Jyutping: zek³ / zik³
    • Yale: jek / jik
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzek⁸ / dzik⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: zég³ / jig³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛːk̚³/, /t͡sɪk̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsjek

Rime
Character	蹐
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	昔 (123)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	資昔切
Baxter	tsjek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡siæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡siajk̚/
Li Rong	/t͡siɛk̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭɛk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ji
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zik1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔseɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蹐
Reading #	1/1
No.	5783
Phonetic component	脊
Rime group	錫
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	積
Old Chinese	/*ʔseɡ/

Definitions

蹐

1. (literary) to walk with small steps

Compounds

• 局蹐不安
• 跼天蹐地
• 跼蹐
• 跼蹐不安
• 蹐地跼天
• 蹙蹐

References

• “蹐”, 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

蹐

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せき (seki)
• Kun: ぬきあし (nukiashi)、さしあし (sashiashi)