撠

撠	U+64A0, 撠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-64A0

← 撟
[U+649F]

CJK Unified Ideographs

撡 →
[U+64A1]

Translingual

Han character

撠 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手十十戈 (QJJI), four-corner 5305₀, composition ⿰扌戟)

References

KangXi: page 455, character 4

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12720

Dae Jaweon: page 804, character 10

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1954, character 4

Unihan data for U+64A0

Chinese

simp. and trad.		撠
alternative forms		棘 Cantonese 𠽤 Cantonese kick Hong Kong Cantonese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
戟	*kraɡ
撠	*kraɡ

Etymology

"to prick"

Some dictionaries assign the reading kik¹ to this character (as in 撠手 (kik1 sau2)) and the gik¹ reading to 棘 (as in 棘手 (gik1 sau2)), others say that both readings belong to 棘.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jǐ (ji³)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kik¹, gik¹
Min Nan (POJ): giah / kiah

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jǐ
  - Wade–Giles: chi³
  - Yale: jǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jii
  - Palladius: цзи (czi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kik¹, gik¹
  - Yale: kīk, gīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kik⁷, gik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: kig¹, gig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɪk̚⁵/, /kɪk̚⁵/

Note: gik1 — original reading, in 撠掖 and 搏撠.

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giah
  - Tâi-lô: giah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: giaq
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɡiaʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiah
  - Tâi-lô: kiah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiaq

Middle Chinese: /kˠiæk̚/

Rime
Character	撠
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	庚 (115)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	几劇切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiæk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚiak̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kiak̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kiajk̚/
Li Rong	/kiɐk̚/
Wang Li	/kĭɐk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kiɐk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ji
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gik¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kraɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	撠
Reading #	1/1
No.	5808
Phonetic component	戟
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	戟
Old Chinese	/*kraɡ/
Notes	見史記

Definitions

撠

^† to catch, to grasp
^† to touch
(Min Nan) to pick, to peck
(Cantonese) to stumble; to trip over
小心撠親／小心撠亲 [Cantonese] ― siu² sam¹ kik¹ can¹ [Jyutping] ― be careful of tripping over
(Cantonese) stuttery
佢講嘢好撠。／佢讲嘢好撠。 [Cantonese] ― keoi⁵ gong² je⁵ hou² kik¹. [Jyutping] ― His speech is full of stutters and pauses
(Cantonese) troublesome; with difficulties or obstacles
(Cantonese) to prick, to pierce, alternative form of 棘 (kik1, gik1).

Compounds

搏撠
撠刺
撠手

撠掖
鞋撠 (ôe-kiah)
惡撠／恶撠

撠嚫／撠𰈍
撠手撠腳／撠手撠脚
撠腳／撠脚

撠