藉 · jí
mat, pad; rely on; pretext
Meanings & readings
Meaning & readings
mat, pad; rely on; pretext
- Mandarin
- jí
- Cantonese
- zik6
Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.
Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese
Readings recorded for 藉 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.
Japanese 日本語
Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.
On’yomi · katakana
Kun’yomi · hiragana
Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.
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Source record & scope
Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kJapanese ↗ · provisional property
シャ ジャク セキ ジャ かりる ふむ しくKorean 한국어
Hanja readings · Hangul
Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.
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Reading sources explained
- 자
- KS X 1001 (0) · Personal-name Hanja (N)
Vietnamese Tiếng Việt
Character readings · Quốc ngữ
Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.
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Form & structure
Writing & identity
- Unicode
- U+85C9
- Radical
- 艸 · 140
- Strokes
- 17 · Unihan
- Residual
- 14
Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.
Stroke order
17 strokesModern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.
Graphical structure
How to read these symbols
⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.
BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.
Words & connections
Words using 藉
Character connections
No reverse component match in this collection.
History & distinctions
Related forms
Unihan traditional/simplified variant properties. Conversion may depend on context.
Historical readings
- Middle Chinese
- dzjaeH · 慈夜 反切 · #2869
- Middle Chinese
- dzjek · 秦昔 反切 · #3658
Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.
Source row & reading categories
CSV line 15447 · dzjaeH = 假開三去麻從 · dzjek = 梗開三入清從
Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗
Sources & reference
Evidence & next depth
Retained Unihan properties
- kMandarin
- jí
- kCantonese
- zik6
- kDefinition
- mat, pad; rely on; pretext
- kTotalStrokes
- 17
- kRSUnicode
- 140.14
- kTraditionalVariant
- U+85C9
- kSimplifiedVariant
- U+501F U+85C9
- kGradeLevel
- 5
- kTGH
- 2013:3390
Readings across dictionaries
- Hanyu Da Zidian
- jiè 53309.120
- Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
- jí 0526.040 · jiè 0582.060,0584.011
- Tongyong Guifan · 2013
- jí 156.160 · jiè 175.090
- Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
- jiè粵zik6,ze3 jí粵zik6
Reference desk
- Fanqie spellings
- 慈夜 秦昔
- Kangxi positions
- 1063.420
- Guangyun positions
- 422.51 519.09
- GSR references
- 0798b'
- Cangjie
- TQDA
- Four-corner
- 4496.1