捷

捷 U+6377, 捷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6377 ← 捶 [U+6376] CJK Unified Ideographs 捸 → [U+6378]

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

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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/
• 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/

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• 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/
Bernard 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

1. to win; to be victorious; to succeed

   大捷  ―  dàjié  ―  great victory

   捷報／捷报  ―  jiébào  ―  news of victory; report of a success

2. 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

3. (Hokkien) frequent
4. ^† spoils of war
5. ^† to reach

Compounds

• 便捷 (biànjié)
• 克捷 (kèjié)
• 利口捷給／利口捷给
• 勁捷／劲捷
• 告捷 (gàojié)
• 報捷／报捷 (bàojié)
• 大捷 (dàjié)
• 奏捷
• 快捷 (kuàijié)
• 急捷
• 才思敏捷 (cáisīmǐnjié)
• 捷克 (Jiékè)
• 捷克斯洛伐克 (Jiékèsīluòfákè)
• 捷口
• 捷報／捷报 (jiébào)
• 捷徑／捷径 (jiéjìng)
• 捷才
• 捷捷
• 捷書／捷书 (jiéshū)
• 捷機／捷机
• 捷武
• 捷泳 (jiéyǒng)
• 捷獵／捷猎
• 捷給／捷给
• 捷見官𣍐畏，捷食酒𣍐醉／捷见官𫧃畏，捷食酒𫧃醉
• 捷見官毋畏，捷食酒𣍐醉／捷见官毋畏，捷食酒𫧃醉
• 捷說／捷说
• 捷譏／捷讥
• 捷足先得
• 捷足先登 (jiézúxiāndēng)
• 捷運／捷运 (jiéyùn)
• 捷運工程／捷运工程
• 捷運系統／捷运系统
• 捷音
• 捷黠
• 撟捷／挢捷
• 敏捷 (mǐnjié)
• 機捷／机捷
• 獲捷／获捷
• 獻捷／献捷 (xiànjié)
• 百舉百捷／百举百捷
• 直捷 (zhíjié)
• 直捷了當／直捷了当 (zhíjiéliǎodàng)
• 眼明手捷
• 矯捷／矫捷 (jiǎojié)
• 簡捷／简捷 (jiǎnjié)
• 紅旗報捷／红旗报捷
• 終南捷徑／终南捷径 (Zhōngnán jiéjìng)
• 蔣捷／蒋捷
• 趫捷／𰷶捷
• 蹻捷／跷捷
• 身手矯捷／身手矫捷
• 輕捷／轻捷 (qīngjié)
• 辯捷／辩捷
• 迅捷 (xùnjié)
• 連戰皆捷／连战皆捷 (liánzhànjiējié)
• 連捷／连捷
• 金門大捷／金门大捷
• 須捷／须捷
• 騰捷／腾捷
• 騰捷飛升／腾捷飞升
• 高才捷足

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiè (qie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄝˋ

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• 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

1. Only used in 捷捷 (qièqiè).

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chā (cha¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚ

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• 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

1. ^† 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 (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese

Kanji

捷

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. Quick, fast, rapid (はや-い)
2. 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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