截

Translingual

Han character

截 (Kangxi radical 62, 戈+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 十戈人土 (JIOG), four-corner 4325₀, composition ⿹𢦏隹)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 413, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11639
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1409, character 9
• Unihan data for U+622A

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		截
alternative forms		𢧵

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
巀	*zaːd, *zeːd
截	*zeːd
蠽	*ʔsed

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zeːd) : phonetic 雀 (OC *ʔsewɢ) + semantic 戈.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jié (jie²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zit⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chia̍t / choe̍h / che̍h / cha̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jié
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jié
    • Wade–Giles: chieh²
    • Yale: jyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jye
    • Palladius: цзе (cze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zit⁶
    • Yale: jiht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jid⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciat
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛt̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛt̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choe̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tsue̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoeh
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /t͡sueʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sueʔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: che̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tse̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeh
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡seʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡seʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cha̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tsa̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zah
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡saʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡saʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡saʔ⁴/

Note:

• chia̍t - literary;
• choe̍h/che̍h - vernacular;
• cha̍h - might be Template:zh-l閘 in Taiwan.

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• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[dz]ˤet/

  (Zhengzhang): /*zeːd/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	截
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jié
Middle Chinese	‹ dzet ›
Old Chinese	/*[dz]ˁet/
English	cut, trim
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	截
Reading #	1/1
No.	6471
Phonetic component	截
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	𢧵
Old Chinese	/*zeːd/
Notes	說文作從戈雀聲， 疑會意

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 截

1. cut off, stop, obstruct, intersect
2. section
3. Classifier for sections or lengths of objects.
4. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 接 (jiē, “to pick up”).

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Japanese

Kanji

截

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. to cut, to sever

Readings

• Go-on: ぜち (zechi)
• Kan-on: せつ (setsu)
• Kan’yō-on: さい (sai)
• Kun: たつ (tatsu, 截つ)、きる (kiru, 截る)

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese 截 (*dzhet). Compare modern Cantonese 截 (zit⁶).

Pronunciation

• On'yomi, specifically kan'on
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [se̞t͡sɯᵝ]

Affix

截(せつ) • (setsu) 

1. section
2. cut
3. sever

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 截枝 (せっし, ​sesshi): a method of pruning, whereby tree branches are removed to prompt new growth at the site of the old branches
• 截取 (せっしゅ, ​sesshu): cutting off, cutting away
• 截然 (せつぜん, ​setsuzen): clearly delineated, clearly distinct; clearly cut away
• 截断 (せつだん, ​setsudan): cutting something out, off, or away; amputation; a section or cross-section, as in mathematics
• 截断言 (せつだんげん, ​setsudangen): archaic term for 終止形 (shūshikei, “terminal form”)
• 截頭 (せっとう, ​settō): a clipped point, as when a leaf or flower-petal tip is snipped

• 直截 (ちょくせつ, ​chokusetsu): direct, straightforward

Etymology 2

Probably originally a misreading based on this character's visual and semantic similarity to 裁, commonly read as sai.

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: specifically kan'yōyomi
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [sa̠i]

Affix

截(さい) • (sai) 

1. section
2. cut
3. sever

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 截金 (さいきん, ​saikin): thin layers of gold leaf cut into various shapes
• 截然 (さいぜん, ​saizen): clearly delineated, clearly distinct
• 截断 (さいだん, ​saidan): distinction between right and wrong; cutting cloth, paper, or some other substance into a defined pattern or shape
• 截留 (さいりゅう, ​sairyū): embezzlement by government officials in ancient Japan
• 截癱 (さいなん, ​sainan): a kind of motor paralysis in the lower leg or lower torso, due to spinal damage or chronic alcoholism

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Korean

Hanja

截 • (jeol) (hangeul 절, revised jeol, McCune–Reischauer chŏl, Yale cel)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 截 (tiệt, sịt, tét, tĩu)

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