郅

See also: 胝

郅 U+90C5, 郅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-90C5 ← 郄 [U+90C4] CJK Unified Ideographs 郆 → [U+90C6]

Translingual

Han character

郅 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一土弓中 (MGNL), four-corner 1712₇, composition ⿰至阝)

1. to go up to. flourishing a superlative

Derived characters

• 𢰗, 𭪸

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1270, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39380
• Dae Jaweon: page 1769, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3767, character 4
• Unihan data for U+90C5

Chinese

simp. and trad.		郅

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
致	*tiɡs
輊	*tiɡs
駤	*tiɡs
跮	*tʰiɡs, *tʰiɡ
荎	*di, *diːɡ
緻	*diɡs
至	*tjiɡs
鵄	*tʰji
胵	*tʰji
痓	*tʰjiɡs
咥	*hriɡs, *tiːɡ, *diːɡ, *tʰiɡ
窒	*tiːɡ, *tiɡ
蛭	*tiːɡ, *tiɡ, *tjiɡ
垤	*diːɡ
耋	*diːɡ
姪	*diːɡ, *diɡ
絰	*diːɡ
恎	*diːɡ
挃	*tiɡ
庢	*tiɡ
銍	*tiɡ, *tjiɡ
秷	*tiɡ
螲	*tiɡ
侄	*diɡ, *tjiɡ
桎	*tjiɡ
郅	*tjiɡ
晊	*tjiɡ
室	*hliɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tjiɡ): phonetic 至 (OC *tjiɡs) + semantic 邑 (“location”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhì (zhi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zat⁶

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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)
    • Jyutping: zat⁶
    • Yale: jaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyit

Rime
Character	郅
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	質 (48)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	之日切
Baxter	tsyit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cit̚/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiĕt̚/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭĕt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zat1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjiɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	郅
Reading #	1/1
No.	17370
Phonetic component	至
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	質
Old Chinese	/*tjiɡ/

Definitions

郅

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) most; extremely

Compounds

• 郅支
• 郅治
• 郅隆

Japanese

Kanji

郅

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しつ (shitsu)、しち (shichi)、ちつ (chitsu)、ちち (chichi)
• Kun: いたる (itaru)

Korean

Hanja

郅 • (jil) (hangeul 질, revised jil, McCune–Reischauer chil, Yale cil)

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