截

截 U+622A, 截 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-622A ← 戩 [U+6229] CJK Unified Ideographs 戫 → [U+622B]

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.		截
alternative forms		𢧵

Glyph origin

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

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

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

Pronunciation

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jié (jie²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zit⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chiet
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chia̍t / choe̍h / che̍h

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zoih⁸

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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/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiér
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiér
    • Wade–Giles: chieh²-ʼrh
    • Yale: jyér
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jye'l
    • Palladius: цзер (czer)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zit⁶
    • Yale: jiht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzit⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jid⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chiet
    • Hakka Romanization System: jied^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: jiad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡si̯et̚²/
• 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, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choe̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tsue̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoeh
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /t͡sueʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /t͡sueʔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: che̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tse̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeh
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡seʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡seʔ⁴/

Note:

• chia̍t - literary;
• choe̍h - vernacular (“to slice”);
• che̍h - vernacular.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zoih⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tso̍ih
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soiʔ⁴/

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• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[dz]ˤet/

  (Zhengzhang): /*zeːd/

Definitions

截

1. to cut off; to sever; to slice

   截肉 [Hokkien]  ―  choe̍h bah [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to slice meat

2. to bar; to stop; to obstruct; to block

   截車／截车 [Cantonese]  ―  zit⁶ ce¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to stop a car, especially when calling a taxi

3. to close; to end

   截龍／截龙 [Cantonese]  ―  zit⁶ lung⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  to stop letting people to queue

4. section
5. Classifier for sections or lengths of objects.
6. neat; well-ordered; orderly
7. Alternative form of 接 (jiē, “to pick up”)
8. a surname, Jie

Synonyms

• (to cut off): 切斷／切断 (qiēduàn), 割斷／割断 (gēduàn)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		切
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	切
	Taiwan	切
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	切
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	切
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	切
	Wuhan	切
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	切
	Hefei	切
Cantonese	Guangzhou	切
	Hong Kong	切
	Yangjiang	切
Gan	Nanchang	切
Hakka	Meixian	切
Jin	Taiyuan	切
Northern Min	Jian'ou	切
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	削
Southern Min	Xiamen	截, 切
	Taipei	切, 截
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	切
	Kaohsiung	切
	Yilan	𠞩, 切
	Changhua (Lukang)	切
	Taichung	切
	Tainan	𠞩, 切
	Hsinchu	切, 截
	Kinmen	切, 截
	Penghu (Magong)	切, 截
	Manila (Hokkien)	切, 截
	Chaozhou	截
Wu	Suzhou	切
	Wenzhou	切
Xiang	Changsha	切
	Shuangfeng	切

Dialectal synonyms of 切 (“to cut with a knife; to slice”) [map]

• (to bar):

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• 不通 (bùtōng)
• 堵塞
• 堵截 (dǔjié)
• 堵窒 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 妨礙 / 妨碍 (fáng'ài)
• 徑杈 / 径杈 (Hakka)
• 掛礙 / 挂碍 (guà'ài)
• 擋 / 挡
• 擋住 / 挡住 (dǎngzhù)
• 攔 / 拦 (lán)
• 攔住 / 拦住 (lánzhù)
• 攔截 / 拦截 (lánjié)
• 攔擋 / 拦挡 (lándǎng)
• 攔閘 / 拦闸 (Hokkien)
• 攔阻 / 拦阻 (lánzǔ)
• 有礙 / 有碍 (yǒu'ài)
• 梗塞
• 滯滯 / 滞滞 (Hokkien)
• 滯礙 / 滞碍 (zhì'ài)
• 礙噠 / 碍哒 (ngai⁵ da) (Xiang)
• 窒礙 / 窒碍 (zhì'ài) (literary)
• 蔽塞 (bìsè) (literary)
• 蔽障 (bìzhàng)
• 遮 (literary, or in compounds)
• 邀 (yāo)
• 閉塞 / 闭塞 (bìsè)
• 阻住 (zo² zyu⁶) (Cantonese)
• 阻塞
• 阻撓 / 阻挠 (zǔnáo)
• 阻擋 / 阻挡 (zǔdǎng)
• 阻攔 / 阻拦 (zǔlán)
• 阻滯 / 阻滞 (zǔzhì)
• 阻礙 / 阻碍 (zǔ'ài)
• 阻窒 (Hokkien)
• 障礙 / 障碍 (zhàng'ài)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “to bar”):

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• 放行 (fàngxíng)
• 暢通 / 畅通 (chàngtōng)
• 通行 (tōngxíng)

Compounds

• 下截
• 不割不截
• 侵截
• 侵截者
• 兩截 / 两截
• 兩截子 / 两截子
• 半截 (bànjié)
• 半截入土
• 半截塔
• 半截漢子 / 半截汉子
• 半截門兒 / 半截门儿
• 土埋半截
• 堵截 (dǔjié)
• 截住 (jiézhù)
• 截取 (jiéqǔ)
• 截圖 / 截图 (jiétú)
• 截塔
• 截奪 / 截夺 (jiéduó)
• 截尾
• 截屏 (jiépíng)
• 截彎取直 / 截弯取直
• 截截
• 截拳道 (jiéquándào)
• 截擊 / 截击 (jiéjī)
• 截收
• 截數 / 截数
• 截斷 / 截断 (jiéduàn)
• 截斷眾流 / 截断众流
• 截日
• 截板
• 截止 (jiézhǐ)
• 截止日期 (jiézhǐ rìqī)
• 截流
• 截流管
• 截然 (jiérán)
• 截然不同 (jiéránbùtóng)
• 截獲 / 截获 (jiéhuò)
• 截留
• 截癱 / 截瘫 (jiétān)
• 截短拳
• 截碼機 / 截码机
• 截稿 (jiégǎo)
• 截線 / 截线
• 截肢 (jiézhī)
• 截胡 (jiéhú)
• 截至 (jiézhì)
• 截至……止
• 截至目前
• 截蒲為牒 / 截蒲为牒
• 截趾適屨 / 截趾适屦
• 截距 (jiéjù)
• 截路 (jiélù)
• 截鐙留鞭 / 截镫留鞭
• 截長補短 / 截长补短
• 截門 / 截门
• 截開 / 截开
• 截面 (jiémiàn)
• 截頭渡 / 截头渡
• 截髮 / 截发
• 截髮留賓 / 截发留宾
• 截齊 / 截齐
• 打家截道
• 打截
• 攔截 / 拦截 (lánjié)
• 攔截機 / 拦截机
• 攔截網 / 拦截网
• 斬截 / 斩截
• 斬釘截鐵 / 斩钉截铁 (zhǎndīngjiétiě)
• 斬鋼截鐵 / 斩钢截铁
• 斷章截句 / 断章截句
• 橫截 / 横截
• 橫截面 / 横截面 (héngjiémiàn)
• 涼了半截 / 凉了半截
• 直截 (zhíjié)
• 直截了當 / 直截了当 (zhíjiéliǎodàng)
• 矮了半截
• 矮人一截
• 簡截了當 / 简截了当
• 翦截鋪 / 翦截铺
• 腰截
• 豁口截舌
• 阻截
• 雙截棍 / 双截棍
• 齊截 / 齐截 (qíjie)

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 截

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

Kanji in this term
截
せつ Hyōgai
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 截. Compare modern Cantonese 截 (zit⁶).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [se̞t͡sɨ]

Affix

截(せつ) • (setsu) 

1. section
2. cut
3. sever

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

Kanji in this term
截
さい Hyōgai
kan'yōon

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sa̠i]

Affix

截(さい) • (sai) 

1. section
2. cut
3. sever

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

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 截 (*dzhet).

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

截

Wikisource 截 (eumhun 끊을 절 (kkeuneul jeol))

1. hanja form^? of 절 (“sever”)

   Synonym: 切 (절 (jeol))

   Synonym: 絶 (절 (jeol))

Compounds

• 절두체 (截頭體, jeolduche, “frustum”)
• 절취 (截取, jeolchwi, “cutting off, cutting away”)
• 절취선 (截取線, jeolchwiseon, “perforated line”)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

截: Hán Nôm readings: tiệt, sịt, tét, tĩu

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