戟

See also: 㦸

戟 U+621F, 戟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-621F ← 戞 [U+621E] CJK Unified Ideographs 戠 → [U+6220]

Translingual

Han character

戟 (Kangxi radical 62, 戈+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 十十戈 (JJI), four-corner 4345₀, composition ⿰𠦝戈)

Derived characters

• 𠽤, 撠, 橶, 𧾂, 𦻝, 𩯋

Related characters

• 㦸 (Variant form)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 413, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11606
• Dae Jaweon: page 755, character 36
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1407, character 7
• Unihan data for U+621F

Chinese

simp. and trad.		戟
alternative forms		屰 㦸 𢧢 ⿰䈇戈 ⿰⿱亠早戈 屰 㦸 𢧢 ⿰䈇戈 ⿰⿱亠早戈 ⿰𠦝⿱𠂉戈

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 戟 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• Ji (polearm) (English)

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
戟	*kraɡ
撠	*kraɡ

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

Reduced form of 𢧢: Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 倝 (“branch, reduction of 榦”) + 戈 (“weapon on pole”).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	戟
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ kjæk ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]rak/
English	a kind of lance
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	戟
Reading #	1/1
No.	5807
Phonetic component	戟
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	戟
Old Chinese	/*kraɡ/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐ (ji³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gik¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kek

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• 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: gik¹
    • Yale: gīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: gig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kek
    • Tâi-lô: kik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪk̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: kjaek

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]rak/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kraɡ/

Definitions

戟

1. halberd with both a crescent blade and spear tip used in ancient China
2. to stimulate; to provoke

Compounds

• 三叉戟
• 亡戟得矛
• 刀鎗劍戟 / 刀枪剑戟
• 劍戟森森 / 剑戟森森
• 句戟
• 執戟 / 执戟 (zhíjǐ)
• 巴戟天 (bājǐtiān)
• 戟手
• 戟指
• 戟指怒目
• 戟門 / 戟门 (Jǐmén)
• 戲戟 / 戏戟
• 折戟沉沙 (zhéjǐchénshā)
• 持戟 (chíjǐ)
• 提牌執戟 / 提牌执戟
• 方天戟 (fāngtiānjǐ)
• 方天畫戟 / 方天画戟 (fāngtiān huàjǐ)
• 星旗電戟 / 星旗电戟
• 杖戟
• 棨戟
• 畫戟 / 画戟 (huàjǐ)
• 短戟 (duǎnjǐ)
• 葦戟桃杖 / 苇戟桃杖
• 貫頤奮戟 / 贯颐奋戟
• 轅門射戟 / 辕门射戟
• 鉤戟 / 钩戟
• 門戟 / 门戟
• 雙戟 / 双戟
• 驢生戟角 / 驴生戟角
• 鬚髯如戟 / 须髯如戟

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English cake.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kik¹ / gik¹

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• 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/

Definitions

戟

1. (Cantonese) cake

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蛋糕
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	蛋糕
	Harbin	雞蛋糕
	Singapore	蛋糕
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	雞蛋糕, 蛋糕
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	蛋糕, 雞蛋糕
	Wanrong	雞蛋糕
	Xi'an	雞蛋糕
	Xining	蛋糕
	Xuzhou	雞蛋糕, 蛋糕
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	蛋糕
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	蛋糕
	Ürümqi	雞蛋糕, 槽子糕 dated
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	雞蛋糕
	Guiyang	蛋糕
	Guilin	蛋糕
	Liuzhou	蛋糕
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	蛋糕
	Yangzhou	雞蛋糕
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蛋糕
	Hong Kong	蛋糕, 戟
	Dongguan	雞蛋酥, 雞蛋糕
	Beihai	蛋糕
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	蛋糕
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	蛋糕
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	蛋糕
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	戟
	Singapore (Guangfu)	蛋糕
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	蛋糕
	Móng Cái	蛋糕
Gan	Nanchang	雞蛋糕
	Lichuan	蛋糕
	Pingxiang	蛋糕, 雞蛋糕
Hakka	Meixian	蛋糕
	Yudu	雞蛋糕
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	雞卵糕, 卵糕
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	雞卵糕
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	雞卵糕
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	雞卵糕
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	雞卵糕
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	雞卵糕
	Kuching (Hepo)	Cake
Jin	Taiyuan	槽子糕, 蛋糕
	Xinzhou	雞蛋糕
Northern Min	Jian'ou	雞卵糕
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	卵糕
Southern Min	Xiamen	雞卵糕
	Quanzhou	雞卵糕
	Jinjiang	雞卵糕
	Zhangzhou	雞卵糕
	Zhao'an	卵糕
	Taipei	雞卵糕
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	雞卵糕
	Kaohsiung	雞卵糕
	Yilan	雞卵糕
	Changhua (Lukang)	雞卵糕
	Taichung	雞卵糕
	Tainan	雞卵糕
	Hsinchu	雞卵糕
	Kinmen	雞卵糕
	Penghu (Magong)	雞卵糕
	Singapore (Hokkien)	雞卵糕, cake
	Manila (Hokkien)	雞卵糕
	Jieyang	卵清糕
	Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)	雞卵糕
	Singapore (Teochew)	cake
	Leizhou	卵糕
	Haikou	雞卵糕, 卵糕
Puxian Min	Putian	卵糕
	Xianyou	卵糕
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	蛋糕
Wu	Shanghai	蛋糕
	Shanghai (Chongming)	蛋糕
	Suzhou	蛋糕, 雞蛋糕
	Hangzhou	蛋糕, 雞蛋糕
	Ningbo	蛋糕
	Wenzhou	卵糕
	Jinhua	雞卵糕
Xiang	Changsha	蛋糕, 雞蛋糕
	Loudi	雞蛋糕

Dialectal synonyms of 蛋糕 (“cake”) [map]

Related terms

• 班戟

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 戟

戟

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. type of weapon (halberd or spear)

Readings

• Go-on: きゃく (kyaku)
• Kan-on: けき (keki)
• Kan’yō-on: げき (geki)
• Kun: ほこ (hoko, 戟)

Etymology 1

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

戟

Wikipedia ^ja

Kanji in this term
戟
げき Jinmeiyō
kan'yōon

From Middle Chinese 戟 (MC kjaek).

Noun

戟(げき) • (geki) 

1. Ji (halberd used in ancient China)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
戟
ほこ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 戟 – see the following entry.

【矛ほこ】S [noun] a Chinese spear; a lance; a halberd Alternative spellings 鉾, 鋒, 戈

(This term, 戟, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Korean Wikipedia has an article on:

극 (무기)

Wikipedia ^ko

Hanja

戟 (eum 극 (geuk))

1. hanja form^? of 극 (“Ji, halberd used in ancient China”)

Vietnamese

Vietnamese Wikipedia has an article on:

Kích (vũ khí)

Wikipedia ^vi

Han character

戟: Hán Nôm readings: kích

1. chữ Hán form of kích (“Ji, halberd used in ancient China”).