捷

Translingual

Han character

捷 (Kangxi radical 64, 手 8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手十中人 (QJLO), four-corner 5508₁, composition ⿰扌疌)

Derived characters

𠽕, 𧐥, 蓵

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 435, character 24
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12216
Dae Jaweon: page 785, character 8
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1894, character 2
Unihan data for U 6377

Chinese

simp. and trad.		捷

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
疀	*sʰreːb
萐	zreːb, sreːb, *sreb
箑	sreːb, sreb
啑	sraːb, tiːɡs
睫	*ʔseb
婕	*ʔseb
緁	*sʰeb
捷	*zeb
疌	*zeb
寁	ʔsuːmʔ, zeb
倢	*zeb
崨	*zeb
踕	*zeb
誱	*zeb
徢	*seːb
蜨	*seːb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zeb) : semantic 手 (“hand”) phonetic 疌 (OC *zeb).

Etymology

Austroasiatic; compare Khmer ចាប់ (cap, “to catch, capture, seize, grasp, get”), Chong [script needed] (chap) & Pear [script needed] (chap, “catch”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Related to 妾 (OC *sʰeb, “slave woman, concubine”)

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jié (jie²)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zit⁶ / zit³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhia̍p
Eastern Min (BUC): ciĕk
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chia̍p / chia̍t

(Teochew, Peng'im): ziab⁸
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸zhiq

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 / zit³
  - Yale: jiht / jit
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzit⁹ / dzit⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: jid⁶ / jid³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːt̚²/, /t͡siːt̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhia̍p
  - Hakka Romanization System: qiab
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qiab⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯ap̚⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ciĕk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sieʔ⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍p / chia̍t
  - Tâi-lô: tsia̍p / tsia̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciap, ciat
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siap̚⁴/, /t͡siɛt̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siap̚²⁴/, /t͡siɛt̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siap̚¹²¹/, /t͡siɛt̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siap̚⁴/, /t͡siɛt̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siap̚⁴/, /t͡siɛt̚⁴/

Note:

chia̍p - literary (“quick; frequent”);
chia̍t - vernacular (俗).

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: ziab⁸
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsia̍p
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siap̚⁴/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸zhiq
  - MiniDict: zhih^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵xxiq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ʑiɪʔ¹²/

Middle Chinese: dzjep

Rime
Character	捷
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	葉 (155)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	疾葉切
Baxter	dzjep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziᴇp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ziɛp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zjæp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ziap̚/
Li Rong	/d͡ziɛp̚/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭɛp̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯ɛp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jié
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zip⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[dz][a]p/

(Zhengzhang): /*zeb/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	捷
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jié
Middle Chinese	‹ dzjep ›
Old Chinese	/*[dz][a]p/
English	victory
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	捷
Reading #	1/1
No.	6450
Phonetic component	疌
Rime group	盍
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	捷
Old Chinese	/*zeb/

Definitions

捷

to win; to be victorious; to succeed
大捷 ― dàjié ― great victory

捷報／捷报 ― jiébào ― news of victory; report of a success
quick; fast; rapid; swift; nimble; agile
快捷 ― kuàijié ― fast and nimble

敏捷 ― mǐnjié ― nimble; agile; shrewd; quick

便捷 ― biànjié ― convenient and fast

捷足先登 ― jiézúxiāndēng ― the early bird gets the worm
(Hokkien) frequent
^† spoils of war
^† to reach

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiè (qie⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄝˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiè
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciè
  - Wade–Giles: chʻieh⁴
  - Yale: chyè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chieh
  - Palladius: це (ce)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹/

Definitions

捷

Only used in 捷捷 (qièqiè).

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chā (cha¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄚ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chā
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cha
  - Wade–Giles: chʻa¹
  - Yale: chā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cha
  - Palladius: ча (ča)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵/

Definitions

捷

^† Alternative form of 插 (chā, “to insert; to stick into”)

References

“捷”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
“Query for 捷”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese

Kanji

捷

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Quick, fast, rapid (はや-い)
Victory, conquest, success (しょうり)

Readings

On (unclassified): しょう (shō)^{←せふ (sefu, historical)}、そう (sō)
Kun: かつ (katsu, 捷つ)、はやい (hayai, 捷い)

Korean

Hanja

捷 • (cheop) (hangeul 첩, revised cheop, McCune–Reischauer ch'ŏp, Yale chep)

To be quick; to win.

Vietnamese

Han character

捷: Hán Nôm readings: tiệp, tẹp

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