掣
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Translingual
Han character
掣 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹弓手 (HNQ), four-corner 22502, composition ⿱制手)
Derived characters
- 𪷘, 𢳅
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 439, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12277
- Dae Jaweon: page 789, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1889, character 4
- Unihan data for U+63A3
Chinese
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (制) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰjeds, *kʰjed): phonetic 制 (OC *kjeds) + semantic 手 (“hand”).
Etymology 1
| simp. and trad. |
掣 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 剉 (chhoah) Hokkien | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Eastern Min (BUC): cié
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: chè
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄜˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chè
- Wade–Giles: chʻê4
- Yale: chè
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheh
- Palladius: чэ (čɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: zai3 / cit3
- Yale: jai / chit
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzai3 / tsit8
- Guangdong Romanization: zei3 / qid3
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɐi̯³³/, /t͡sʰiːt̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Note: cit3 - literary, rare.
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: zai1 / cet2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sai³³/, /t͡sʰet̚⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
Note: cet2 - literary, rare.
Note:
- chhoah - vernacular (“to pull; to shiver; to be afraid”);
- chhiat - literary.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: tiag4 / tiêg4 / zi3
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiak / thiek / tsì
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰiak̚²/, /tʰiek̚²/, /t͡si²¹³/
Note:
- tiag4 - Shantou;
- tiêg4 - Chaozhou;
- zi3 - vernacular (俗).
- Middle Chinese: tsyhejH, tsyhet
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*kʰjeds/, /*kʰjed/
Definitions
掣
- to pull; to tug; to drag
- to hinder by pulling back; to draw
- (literary) to flash past
- (Southern Min) to shiver; to shake
- (Southern Min) to be afraid; to be scared; to be frightened
- 掣咧等 [Hokkien] ― chhoah teh tán [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to wait frightenedly
Synonyms
- (to shiver):
- 交懍恂 / 交懔恂 (Hokkien)
- 呞呞顫 / 呞呞颤 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 哆嗦 (duōsuo)
- 圪觫 (geh5 sueh4) (Jin)
- 慄慄掣 / 栗栗掣 (Hokkien)
- 戰 / 战 (zhàn)
- 戰慄 / 战栗 (zhànlì) (literary)
- 戰抖 / 战抖 (zhàndǒu)
- 打抖 (da3 deu3) (Gan)
- 抖 (dǒu)
- 抖動 / 抖动 (dǒudòng)
- 抖抖絲 / 抖抖丝 (Longyan Min)
- 掉 (Hokkien, Teochew)
- 搦搦掣 (Hokkien)
- 發抖 / 发抖 (fādǒu)
- 蟯蟯掣 / 蛲蛲掣 (Hokkien)
- 起掉 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 顫 / 颤
- 顫動 / 颤动 (chàndòng)
- 顫抖 / 颤抖 (chàndǒu)
- (to be afraid):
Dialectal synonyms of 害怕 (“to fear; to be afraid of”) [map]
Compounds
Etymology 2
| simp. and trad. |
掣 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 制 | |
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: zai3
- Yale: jai
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzai3
- Guangdong Romanization: zei3
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɐi̯³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: zai1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sai³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Definitions
掣
- (Cantonese) button; push-button; switch; component for controlling device (Classifier: 粒 c; 個／个 c)
- 電掣／电掣 [Cantonese] ― din6 zai3 [Jyutping] ― electrical switch
- 停車掣／停车掣 [Cantonese] ― ting4 ce1 zai3 [Jyutping] ― stop button (on a vehicle)
- 緊急掣／紧急掣 [Cantonese] ― gan2 gap1 zai3 [Jyutping] ― emergency button
- 左掣 [Cantonese] ― zo2 zai3 [Jyutping] ― left [mouse] button
Synonyms
- (switch):
Compounds
- 交叉掣 (kaau1 caa1 zai3) (Cantonese)
- 光暗掣 (Cantonese)
- 大掣 (Cantonese)
- 大細聲掣 / 大细声掣 (Cantonese)
- 手掣 (sau2 zai3) (Cantonese)
- 拉掣 (Cantonese)
- 掹掣 (mang1 zai3) (Cantonese)
- 推掣 (Cantonese)
- 掣面 (Cantonese)
- 插掣 (caap3 zai3) (Cantonese)
- 撳掣 / 揿掣 (gam6 zai3) (Cantonese)
- 擰掣 / 拧掣 (Cantonese)
- 水氣掣 / 水气掣 (Cantonese)
- 煞掣 (saat3 zai3) (Cantonese)
- 煞車掣 / 煞车掣 (Cantonese)
- 熄掣 (sik1 zai3) (Cantonese)
- 燈掣 / 灯掣 (dang1 zai3) (Cantonese)
- 總掣 / 总掣 (zung2 zai3) (Cantonese)
- 腳掣 / 脚掣 (goek3 zai3) (Cantonese)
- 跳掣 (tiu3 zai3) (Cantonese)
- 門掣 / 门掣 (Cantonese)
- 開關掣 / 开关掣 (hoi1 gwaan1 zai3) (Cantonese)
- 電掣 / 电掣 (din6 zai3) (Cantonese)
References
- “掣”, 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–
- “掣”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
Japanese
Kanji
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
掣 • (che, cheol) (hangeul 체, 철)
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Vietnamese
Han character
掣: Hán Nôm readings: xiết, xế, xía, siết
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