笈

笈 U+7B08, 笈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B08 ← 笇 [U+7B07] CJK Unified Ideographs 笉 → [U+7B09]

Translingual

Han character

笈 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹弓竹水 (HNHE), four-corner 8824₇, composition ⿱𥫗及)

Derived characters

• 𧫑

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 878, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25869
• Dae Jaweon: page 1306, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2948, character 11
• Unihan data for U+7B08

Chinese

trad.		笈
simp. #		笈
alternative forms		𥭊

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
趿	*sqʰɯːb
鈒	*sqʰɯːb, *sqʰrɯb
靸	*sqʰɯːb, *sqʰaːb
馺	*sqʰɯːb
砐	*ŋɡɯːb
魥	*ŋɡɯːb, *kʰab
扱	*skʰrɯːb
笈	*skʰrɯːb, *ɡrab, *ɡab, *ɡrɯb
衱	*ɡrab, *kab
极	*ɡrab, *ɡab
昅	*ɡab
雭	*sqʰrɯb
急	*krɯb
級	*krɯb
汲	*krɯb
芨	*krɯb
伋	*krɯb
彶	*krɯb
及	*ɡrɯb
岌	*ŋɡrɯb
吸	*qʰrɯb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *skʰrɯːb, *ɡrab, *ɡab, *ɡrɯb) : semantic 𥫗 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 及 (OC *ɡrɯb)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jí (ji²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kap⁶ / kap¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jí
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jí
    • Wade–Giles: chi²
    • Yale: jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyi
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kap⁶ / kap¹
    • Yale: kahp / kāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kap⁹ / kap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: keb⁶ / keb¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐp̚²/, /kʰɐp̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: gip, gjep, tsrheap, gjaep

Rime
Character	笈	笈	笈	笈
Reading #	1/4	2/4	3/4	4/4
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	群 (30)	初 (19)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	緝 (142)	葉 (156)	洽 (152)	業 (147)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	II	III
Fanqie	其立切	其輒切	楚洽切	巨業切
Baxter	gip	gjep	tsrheap	gjaep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiɪp̚/	/ɡˠiᴇp̚/	/t͡ʃʰˠɛp̚/	/ɡɨɐp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡᵚip̚/	/ɡᵚiɛp̚/	/ʈ͡ʂʰᵚæp̚/	/ɡiɐp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiep̚/	/ɡiæp̚/	/t͡ʃʰɐp̚/	/ɡiɐp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gjip̚/	/gjiap̚/	/ʈ͡ʂʰəɨp̚/	/gɨap̚/
Li Rong	/ɡjəp̚/	/ɡjɛp̚/	/t͡ʃʰɐp̚/	/ɡiap̚/
Wang Li	/ɡĭĕp̚/	/ɡĭɛp̚/	/t͡ʃʰɐp̚/	/ɡĭɐp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯əp̚/	/gi̯ɛp̚/	/ʈ͡ʂʰăp̚/	/gi̯ɐp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jí	jié	cha	jié
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gap6	gip6	caap3	gip6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*skʰrɯːb/, /*ɡrab/, /*ɡab/, /*ɡrɯb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	笈	笈	笈	笈
Reading #	1/4	2/4	3/4	4/4
No.	5647	5650	5655	5665
Phonetic component	及	及	及	及
Rime group	緝	盍	盍	緝
Rime subdivision	1	1	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	插	衱	跲	及
Old Chinese	/*skʰrɯːb/	/*ɡrab/	/*ɡab/	/*ɡrɯb/

Definitions

笈

1. box for storing books
2. to carry
3. books

   Synonym: 書籍／书籍 (shūjí)

Compounds

• 玉笈
• 祕笈／秘笈 (mìjí)
• 負笈／负笈 (fùjí)
• 負笈千里
• 負笈從師／负笈从师
• 負笈擔簦／负笈担簦
• 雲笈七籤／云笈七签

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 笈 – see 籍 (“record; register; list; hometown; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 籍).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	Shinjitai (extended)	笈󠄀 笈+󠄀? (Adobe-Japan1)
笈󠄃 笈+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
Kyūjitai	笈
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Kanji

笈

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. box for carrying books on one’s back

Readings

• Go-on: ごう (gō)^{←ごふ (gofu, historical)}、しょう (shō)^{←せふ (sefu, historical)}
• Kan-on: きゅう (kyū)^{←きふ (kifu, historical)}、そう (sō)^{←さふ (safu, historical)}
• Kun: おい (oi, 笈)

Compounds

Compounds

• 笈(おい)摺(ずり) (oizuri)
• 笈(おい)摺(ずる) (oizuru)
• 板(いた)笈(おい) (itaoi)
• 孤(こ)笈(きゅう) (kokyū)
• 書(しょ)笈(きゅう) (shokyū)
• 秘(ひ)笈(きゅう) (hikyū)
• 負(ふ)笈(きゅう) (fukyū)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
笈
おい Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
負

From the continuative form of 負(お)う (ou, “to bear, to carry on one's back”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おい [óꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [o̞i]

Noun

笈(おい) • (oi) ^{←おひ (ofi)?}

1. a box with legs that is carried on the back, used by itinerant monks and yamabushi to carry books, articles of worship, clothing, etc.

   Synonym: 笈 (kyū)

   • 1918, 岡本綺堂, 半七捕物帳 お照の父‎^[1], 青空文庫:

     彼(かれ)は仏(ほとけ)の像(ぞう)を入(い)れた重(おも)い笈(おい)を背負(せお)って、錫杖(しゃくじょう)をついて、信州(しんしゅう)の雪(ゆき)を踏(ふ)みわけて中仙道(なかせんどう)へ出(で)た。

     Kare wa hotoke no zō o ireta omoi oi o seotte, shakujō o tsuite, Shinshū no yuki o fumiwakete Nakasendō e deta.

     He trod though the snow of Shinshū with a khakkhara in hand and shouldering a heavy oi that contained a statue of a buddha and arrived on the Nakasendō.

Derived terms

• 笈摺(おいずり) (oizuri)
• 笈摺(おいずる) (oizuru)
• 板笈(いたおい) (itaoi)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
笈
きゅう Jinmeiyō
kan'on

/kipu/ → /kifu/ → /kiu/ → /kjuː/

From Middle Chinese 笈 (MC gip, “box for storing books; to carry”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きゅう [kyúꜜù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kʲɨː]

Noun

笈(きゅう) • (kyū) ^{←きふ (kifu)?}

1. synonym of 笈 (oi)
   • 1934, 夢野久作, 白くれない‎^[2], 青空文庫:

     言葉(ことば)の如(ごと)く庫裡(くり)に入(い)りて笈(きふ)を卸(おろ)し […]

     Kotoba no gotoku kuri ni irite kyū o oroshi […]

     I entered the monastery kitchen as instructed and put down my kyū […]

Derived terms

• 笈(きゅう)を負(お)う (kyū o ou)

Korean

Hanja

笈 (eum 급 (geup))

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Vietnamese

Han character

笈: Nôm readings: cặp, cạp, cập

1. Nôm form of cặp (“schoolbag; wooden satchel used to hold books”).