喆

喆 · zhé

a sage; wise; sagacious

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
zhé
Cantonese
zit3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

a sage; wise; sagacious

Dictionary definitions & readings

喆 zhé · variant of 哲 zhé (used as a surname and in given names)

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1464.011:zhé Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
469.120:zhé Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
zhé粵zit3 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
テツ あきらか Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
철:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
陟列 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
GRGR Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4466.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0197.260 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
497.18 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+5586
Radical
口 · 30
Strokes
12
Residual strokes
9
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7294

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

12 strokes
喆
Strokes
12
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

12 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
trjet · 陟列 · 山開三入仙知 · #3491

PHONO-ML, source line 18167; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
287.112
kDaeJaweon
0419.040
kHanYu
10648.110
kIRGDaeJaweon
0419.040
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10648.110
kIRGKangXi
0197.260
kKangXi
0197.260
kLau
1512
kMorohashi
03908 03908:E0101
kSBGY
497.18
kSMSZD2003Index
110.01 143.16
kCangjie
GRGR
kFourCornerCode
4466.1
kMojiJoho
MJ008435 MJ008435:E0101 MJ008436:E0102
kPhonetic
582
kUnihanCore2020
GHKP
kIICore
AGKP
kIRG_GSource
GKX-0197.26
kIRG_HSource
H-FB46
kIRG_JSource
J13-2F2A
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-EDBC
kIRG_KSource
K0-744A
kIRG_TSource
T3-3A38
kRSUnicode
30.9
kTotalStrokes
12
kCCCII
21712F
kCNS1986
E-3A38
kCNS1992
3-3A38
kEACC
21712F
kIBMJapan
FA95
kJIS0213
1,15,10
kJis1
2172
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
0811
kTGH
2013:7294
kTaiwanTelegraph
0811
kXerox
275:370
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+8415+30.3.9 C+8415+33.3.9
kCantonese
zit3
kDefinition
a sage; wise; sagacious
kFanqie
陟列
kHangul
철:0N
kJapanese
テツ あきらか
kJapaneseOn
TETSU
kKorean
CHEL
kMandarin
zhé
kSMSZD2003Readings
zhé粵zit3
kTGHZ2013
469.120:zhé
kXHC1983
1464.011:zhé
kSemanticVariant
U+54F2<kLau

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 喆0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
吉 beside 吉 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰吉吉$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰吉吉$(GHTJKP)

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